Organizing Our Thoughts About the Book: From Post-it Notes to Long Write
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Creating a Long Write from Post-it Notes
Click here for prompts to push our thinking.


Click here for a model Initial Long Write for "Who Stole Jayson Grayson."


Click here for a model of Final Long Write for "Who Stole Jayson Grayson."


Writing About Reading
from "Should Have Done the Reading"
Click here for a model of Writing About Our Reading


Ways to Respond in Your Reader's Notebook
These are third and fourth grade examples from Teacher's College, but some can be used as a template for seventh grade thoughts about reading.
Reader's Notebook Entry Examples I

  Reader's Notebook Entry Examples II