Stanford Trees: Publishing Party

The Stanford Trees worked SO hard to grow as narrative writers. For the last eight weeks, they have learned the process great writers take, by planning a small moment, sketching and labeling, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing! They blossomed into tremendous writers who write small moments with voice, expression, and great detail.

Luis shares his topic and favorite page with his classmates & parents

Below, Adriana writes about what she learned in Writer's Workshop.

"I can do sequence in my house and what I saw in my house in writing and do when it happened and write write write and each day Mrs. Montoy-Wilson tells us a mini lesson"

"First she tells us to do make a plan, then sketch and label, then draft, then revise, then edit. when we check our work. Then we publish and we also do first, next, then, finally."

"We use our sound spelling strip and we say it s-l-o-w-l-y and we use our word wall if we are stuck on a word in writing every day."

We were SO pleased to have so many parents come and celebrate our students' hard work! The Stanford Trees each presented their topic and favorite page before they headed off to read their piece to their parents. We all marveled in the Stanford Trees' enthusiasm, growth, and fantastic work! Here are some great photos from the event.