Today we welcomed Mr. and Ms. Stick to our Writer's Notebooks. Mr. Stick is our "margin mascot," an idea shared by Corbett Harrison at the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Writing Fix website. Students in my class love to draw, especially comics and cartoons, so Mr. Stick was a big hit today. In addition to our new daily page writing strategy, students are going to include a Mr. Stick drawing to represent the emotion of the entry.
We had a lot of fun learning how to draw Mr. Stick and using markers to add a little color to our margin mascot. Here are a few examples from our daily pages today.
I was delighted with the variety of Mr. and Ms. Sticks that were added to notebooks today. We took a few minutes and had a gallery walk so students could see one another's interpretations and purpose for Mr. Stick in their margins.
Today my students felt a freedom and control when given the opportunity to add illustration to their notebooks. I loved every moment and I can't wait to see how Mr. Stick adds even more personality to our Writer's Notebooks!
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