Writing letters to each other—during quiet time or before and after school—has been a popular pastime and a way that students enjoy practicing their new writing skills.
First and second-grade students recently worked together to solve a problem in their class: how to organize mailboxes for personal notes and schoolwork. Students shared their thoughts and ideas.
One idea was to write one note per day: "If you only have one note to read, you’ll give it all the time it needs to really appreciate it."
Another student shared that each mailbox could have a simple folder for notes and one for schoolwork.
And another student thought a schoolwork folder on top and notes underneath would be a good idea.
During classroom morning meetings, students worked to find a new way. There is so much to learn in noticing a problem and working with classmates to find a solution -- no matter how simple it might seem.
