Dear at-home teachers,
Today you're receiving the October writing rubric. You can look in the archives of this blog to find the post on reading a rubric if you'd like a little review of this initiative.
Please note the updates to the rubric, most notably in the sounding out section. Now that we have studied all the basic vowels, I used a sentence that featured a lot of them and I hoped the writers would listen for them. I also hoped the writers would spell the word "un" correctly, since it was a word of the week and we did practice it at school. I'm happy to say that the kids were up to the challenge and did a great job overall.
As always, please look at the rubric positively. Everybody is doing something really well, so celebrate that before you look for the one thing you might like to work on. Remember, we're not looking for perfect spelling, we're just hoping that the kids can apply what they're learning to make good guesses. Mlle Mitchell loves trying hard and making mistakes!
Thanks for your support,
Tamara