Today, one of my kiddos (who is participating in the Classroom Slice of Life) grabbed an iPad and logged into Kidblog. I looked over at him a short time later and he appeared to just be sitting there, not writing anything. I asked him how he was doing and he said that he was having a hard time deciding what he wanted to write about today. He then said to me, "Mrs. Carr, is it okay if I look at some other blogs and steal some ideas for what to write about?" I told him that it was a great idea to look at other blogs for ideas and that it wasn't "stealing" unless he copied their words. I told him he should make sure to leave some comments while he was looking for ideas. He was pleased by this response.
A short time later I returned to him and asked how it was going. He said that he still couldn't think of anything to write. I told him that sometimes we just didn't get an inspiration to write and that's okay. Maybe he'll think of something tonight or tomorrow. I know just how he felt. There's nothing that really inspired me today either.
I know how you both feel. I had a great time reading other blogs and posting comments today though. Hopefully we'll be inspired another day.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the beauty of this experience. I am much more forgiving when students have a hard time getting started. I've been working on options just to get the pencil moving but sometimes. . . we just get stuck. Tomorrow will be a better day.
ReplyDeleteWriting 31 days of slices has us right there with our writers who need inspiration. Some days it just doesn't come!
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to the experience of your student...sometimes it is really hard to find something to write about.
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