The Sunrise Story

Now that March is finished, it's time to reflect on our experience as writers. I’ve unofficially participated in the classroom challenge for the past few years, but this year was the first year we jumped in with both feet! All of my sixth graders are writers and bloggers, but twenty-four decided to say, “YES!” to the invitation to slice daily in the month of March. Six slicers finished. Writing everyday is hard. Writers know that. Writing during weekends is harder. Writing during spring break is almost impossible. These six students conquered all of these goals. (One wrote her spring break posts from around the world in Pakistan.) They call themselves writers now...but that’s not the best part. The best part is the connections we made. All seventy-five of my sixth graders commented on student blogs. We commented on the blogs of our fellow classmates. We found Mrs. Victor’s third grade students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We found Mrs. Spillane’s high school students in ...