Representing ideas through the language of writing

Children spent the morning gathering and collecting their ideas around the classroom with the use of writing utensils and clipboards. Some children measured objects in the classroom, 

"As RJ wrote, he said, "Woo, that's a lot."

As well as each other

                                                

                                      MR told a friend, "You are 41, how do you spell your name?"

The children recorded their findings using invented spelling to sound out words while other children wrote the numbers corresponding to the items they measured. 

Another small group of children were taking food orders from their peers in the classroom. 

JA's food order

DW measured a friend. He said, "She was this many," and pointed to two 3's on the measuring stick. The teacher told him that says 33 and he recorded his data. 

"How do you write clipboard?" -LB