{"id":3136,"date":"2012-05-01T18:19:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T22:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2012-05-01T18:19:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T22:19:44","slug":"letter-writing-sound-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/2012\/05\/01\/letter-writing-sound-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Writing &amp; Sound Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a new unit of study in Writer&#8217;s Workshop. \u00a0Today we started talking about letters. \u00a0I posed the question, &#8220;What is a letter?&#8221; The kids shared from their own experiences. \u00a0The kids brainstormed what you could do with a letter. \u00a0They shared why you write letters and how you feel when you get letters. \u00a0We ended our chat encouraging the kids to write their own letters. \u00a0I was so impressed to see so many friends going straight to the message center to write letters to other friends!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3137\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1267.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3137\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1267-e1335910293271-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1267-e1335910293271-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1267-e1335910293271-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1267-e1335910293271.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler writing away!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3138\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1270.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3138\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3138\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1270-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1270-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1270-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1270.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reid is writing a letter to Max.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During Free Choice today, we were working away on our play. \u00a0This afternoon, J&#8217;Nayla and Raki worked very hard on the sound effects. \u00a0I know that the kids really respect the work of others, but there was a moment today when I saw it come to life. \u00a0The two girls were recording the sound effects but each time they recorded they would also pick up background noise. \u00a0After a quick chat they decided to ask the class to be silent when they were actually recording. \u00a0(Asking this during free choice is typically unheard of in our class.) \u00a0J&#8217;Nayla explained it was for the play and almost instantly the noise stopped. \u00a0The girls were then able to record and get all the sound effects they needed with little problems. \u00a0After this moment, I could tell how each student felt about the play and about J&#8217;Nayla and Raki&#8217;s work. \u00a0They needed that part to be complete too and were ok being silent for a few moments to help out with their work. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3139\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3139\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3139\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1262-e1335910744725-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1262-e1335910744725-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1262-e1335910744725-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/school60\/files\/2012\/05\/IMG_1262-e1335910744725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J&#039;Nayla and Raki were excited about their sound effects!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have started a new unit of study in Writer&#8217;s Workshop. \u00a0Today we started talking about letters. \u00a0I posed the question, &#8220;What is a letter?&#8221; 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