Landing School Students Share Writing With Peers

From Glen Cove Schools: Fourth and fifth graders in Mrs. Amy Mendrino’s and Ms. Melissa Harechmak’s classes at Landing School in the Glen Cove City School District met to share their informational writing, as part of the Readers and Writers Workshop program.

Fourth graders shared their finished projects on the American Revolution and then listened to the fifth graders present their e-books on westward expansion, which they created using Book Creator. All of the students were genuinely interested and focused on the presenter and showed tremendous respect for each other. In attendance during the writing share were Ms. Alexa Doeschner, interim principal of Landing, and Ms. Thomas, security personnel at Landing. Collaboration such as this is rewarding for all of the students because they can take pride in their work, while reinforcing the information they have learned.