Today we had a lot of time to work on writing again. In fact almost 90 minutes, and I am proud to say some students have worked hard and have almost all of their notes collected and are moving on to other parts of the assignment. Since I know that 90 minutes is such a long time, today I broke out the "Quiet Critters"! Now these quiet critters were a hit in first grade, but honestly I wasn't too sure how they were going to go over in third. But they were a hit in third grade as well. The students worked silently for almost 90 minutes. They could get up and ask me questions, but there was no talking between the students or they would lose their critter and the "treat" that went with it. It was fun to see the girls and boys who just wanted to keep their critter instead of giving it back. I am thinking they are going to have to make another appearance again shortly. :)
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