Life Lesson #12 (Be Inspired)

"Be Inspired"

*This is the twelfth Thursday of our school year together and that means it is "Life Lesson" Thursday.

*This seems to be the year of quotes.  I use a motivational quote each morning in our morning message.  

*Some of my students have started to submit their own quotes for us to use.  

*This video clip is a favorite of mine because of the images and quotes used.  It gives the writers so much to think and write about.  

*Each Thursday I share a short video clip with my writers.  The clip has some type of "lesson" I want to share and teach my fourth graders.  

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

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

-What we notice in the video

-What we wonder about

-Connections we have to the video

-Thoughts, feeling, emotions about the video clip

-Reminders we have from the lesson/message

-Create a fiction story about the video

*Once the video is shared with the writers, we spend a few minutes "talking" about what we observed.

*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 writing and slowly add time to the 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 video we watched and wrote about.

*If there is time, I sometimes share the video clip with my class at the end of the writer's notebook time.  

Life Lessons for 2016-2017…          

Week #1 - Be Brains -                                               Click Here for Week #1 Lesson
Week #2 - Be Kind to Others -                                  Click Here for Week #2 Lesson      
Week #3 - Be Safe -                                                   Click Here for Week #3 Lesson
Week #4 - Be Responsible -                                       Click Here for Week #4 Lesson
Week #5 - Be a Friend -                                             Click Here for Week #5 Lesson
Week #6 - Be Courageous -                                       Click Here for Week #6 Lesson
Week #7 - Be Life Changing -                                   Click Here for Week #7 Lesson
Week #8 - Be Spooky -                                              Click Here for Week #8 Lesson
Week #9 - Be Kind -                                                  Click Here for Week #9 Lesson
Week #10 - Be Courageous (To Continue On) -      Click Here for Week #10 Lesson
Week #11 - Be Motivated -                                       Click Here for Week #11 Lesson