Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

Student books "Here I am . . ."

Objective: Using their book, students will retell what they have written.

Activity: Students will share their completed page of the book with a partner. Next students will share what their partner has written to the class-example: “The three places Maria wrote about were her bedroom, the playground and the principal’s office.”

Assessment: Teacher observation of pair share. Students’ ability to express the ideas of their partner.