This is Why I Teach

One of our literacy centers is the "Write the Room" center. Using a small white board and marker, students can practice writing words they find around the room. At the back of the room we have a word wall with all of our sight words and the names of the students (and teacher) in our class. I also encourage them to sound out words they'd like to write that are not on our word wall. Using a combination of sight words, words on the word wall and phonetic spelling, this student chose to write, "I love Mrs. Parfitt," during his center. This is what makes the challenging days all worth it!!!