Four Star Work

The kids came back from vacation ready to learn.  Mrs. Keach had set up a store for them to buy little snacks with pennies.  They made "an" words and started reading books by one of my favorite authors, Frank Asch.  We also started talking about the effort we put into work.  The kids will be getting from one to four stars on the work they pass into me.  One star reflects little to no effort being put into the work.  Two stars mean that more could have been done.  Three stars mean the work was acceptable and four stars mean the work is super and well done.  The kids will be able to mount four star work on the "Work that Shines" bulletin board.  The purpose of rating the work is to help students develop a sense of pride in what they do and to encourage them to try their best each day.  With that said, four star work will look different from student to student because everyone is at different levels of ability.

When the children had independent work time today I was impressed to see some students making words, others reading charts, and still more writing lists.  They were quite industrious today.  It was fun to observe such great learning.