Writer's Workshop...Preparing for a Celebration

The students have been writing about things that have happened to them all year.  They have been studying real authors such as:  Vera B. Williams, Donald Crews, Richard Scary, Don Freeman, Dav Pilkey, and Frane Lessac.  In addition, they have been introduced to various forms of writing.  Finally, it was time to choose a piece out of our writing folders that we wanted to publish.  We discussed how to choose a good piece to publish and what real authors do when preparing to publish their works.  The students chose their best pieces and then asked themselves:  "Does this make sense?" "Can I fix it?" and "Can I add to it?"  They used these questions to help guide them during the early stages of editing and revising.  Afterwards, we fancied up our pictures making them look like illustrations in real books.  We then created covers for our stories and shared them with our classmates.  The pieces we published will be added to our classroom library for students to check out and enjoy.  Currently, they are being displayed in the hallway for the school to enjoy.  Below you will see some pictures of student authors at work!

Books/Authors we studied: