Sam's focus today was paragraph writing. We reread the rubric and looked at exemplary work, then she created her own typed paragraph on Newsies. Then, she helped me score her paragraph going line by line rubric against writing piece, so she would be totally clear of her 25.5/40 and why that was earned. (None of the scoring focuses on spelling.) From that paragraph her outlook for writing instruction was created. We will work on organization, complex sentences, and proper use of commas.