What's next? #SOLC21

 

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Two Writing Teachers

Our pandemic plans are going well with the 6th graders in my reading intervention groups.  We focus on a skill and choose a variety of texts and tools that will help them practice the skills.

Since it's my first year delivering middle school reading interventions, I have to admit, I'm struggling at times with the 8th graders.

Don't get me wrong - they are a great group of students.  We've built rapport and mostly do the assignments I provide.  They really like the collection of spooky stories book I bought each of them so they could have their own text to read.

As we approach 4th quarter, I'm trying to figure out what's next.  I see two of the students in person every other day, and then work with three others remotely on the opposite days.  When I shared my thinking about "what's next" today, I mentioned that I'd like to do more writing.  

"Yes," said S.  "We are always on our Chromebooks."

I mentioned this writing challenge and said I was working to write every day on whatever I choose.  I wondered out loud if that sounded interesting to them.

I got a couple of shrugs, but that won't discourage me.  As we walked back to class I replied, "We will figure something out."

That's what we will do.  We will figure out (together) what's next.