Heritage Students Engage in Author Visit Follow-Up Learning

Students at Heritage are taking advantage of continuing learning opportunities that are inspired by our recent visiting author, Peter Catalanotto.  During his PTO sponsored visit, Peter Catalanotto worked with both teachers and students to model and demonstrate varied approaches to writing stories.  One of his approaches offered an alternative to drafting with Beginning, Middle, and End in mind.  Mr. Catalanotto, author and illustrator of over 45 award-winning children’s books, suggests both student and teacher writers focus on Want, Problem, Solution, rather than Beginning, Middle, End when working to find their ideas for stories.  Students and teachers at varying grade levels K-5 have been testing out this new strategy when masterminding stories in their writer’s notebooks.  Kindergarten students are carefully work-shopping Want, Problem, Solution stories in their KidWriting classes through story-boarding.  In addition, students and teachers in 3^rd grade, explored Want, Problem Solution options for crafting narratives in the Writing Lab.

Stay tuned for more exciting learning updates that emerge from this unique and inspiring visit.