What a whirlwind few weeks it has been. I have started the school year and so far so good. I have a pretty good group of students, although some of them are quite talkative! We are also going to start switching for reading next week. If any of you have ideas for teaching writing I would love to hear them. My tentative plan is to begin by teaching them paragraph writing. Then I was thinking that I might start focusing on the types of writing my state tests the kids on: narrative, summary, and response to literature. Would love any idea you have on teaching these. I am sad to admit that teaching writing is so not my strong suit. On a side note, I will try to post some pics of my class soon. Better late then never :)