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I have a love-hate relationship with challenges such as this one. I love them because it holds me accountable for sharing our lives with the world. I love them because it helps me to celebrate the smaller moments. I love them because it helps connect my students to other classrooms and authors around the world. I love them because they're an authentic way to practice my own writing, which in turn, benefits my classroom. I hate them because I find them difficult to keep up with, and sometimes I feel like I'm forcing a celebration.
You can follow my class on Twitter: @MrsWake3rdGrade and see our #greenteamphotochallenge from this week. In the beginning of each school year, we spend a lot of time building and learning about our reading lives. We share books, start a TBR (To Be Read) list, set reading goals, begin reading rituals, connect with authors, and more. We've even had 2 author visits and will have our first author Skype in the next week. I really did enjoy this challenge, and my students loved being a part of the journey. I'm not confident I'll be able to maintain the challenge every day, but I'm thinking of a way for my students to take more ownership over the photo challenge by having them take the pictures and writing the tweets. We'll see if it's something we can keep up with...I'm optimistic!
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