Picture Wednesday #6 (A Helping Hand)

"A Helping Hand"

*This is the sixth Wednesday together and that means it is "Picture Wednesday".

*One of my main areas of focus during the school year is "Friendship" and "Kindness".  I have used this picture in the past and have always gotten such powerful writing from it.  It really speaks to my young writers.  

*I set aside time during each day for us to work in our writer's notebooks. 

*Each Wednesday I feature a photograph, image, or graphic.  My goal is to have my writers do some thinking, reflecting, and writing about the image.

*We talk about what types of writing we can do in the notebook.  Here are some of the possibilities...

-What we notice in the image

-What we wonder about

-Connections we have to the picture

-Thoughts, feeling, emotions about the visual

-Reminders we have from the image

-Create a fiction story about the picture

*Once the image is revealed to the writers, we spend a few minutes "talking" about what we see.

*My writers set up their HEADING in the notebook and we get busy writing.

*During the start-up of the year, I have my students write for about five minutes.  We slowly build our stamina for writers and slowly add time to our writing block. 

*At the end of the individual writing time, we call on a few volunteers to share their actual writing and/or further thoughts about the visual in front of us.

Our Images from 2016-2017...  

Week #1 - Back to School -                                                                  Click Here to See IMAGE
Week #2 - Be Kind to Others -                                                             Click Here to See IMAGE
Week #3 - Be Safe -                                                                              Click Here to See IMAGE
Week #4 - Be Responsible -                                                                  Click Here to see IMAGE
Week #5 - Animal Friendship -                                                             Click Here to See IMAGE