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Just a minute

by Nicky
(Rotorua, NewZealand)

On a Wednesday I give four children a card to take home that says:

Just a Minute Reporter
Tomorrow I am the Just a Minute Reporter. I will speak to my group about something for just a minute. I am allowed to bring something from home to share.

So on Thursday I have four reporters who do just that to a group each. The group are allowed to ask questions.

The children all return to the mat where I ask any particular child to share what their reporter said. This is where the children show how well they listened. I model to the class how to write the news just shared by that child and we discuss fullstops, capitals and how to sound out spelling as I write.

Then the children go and write in their own books what their reporter said.

This is a great oral language activity that leads on to writing. The writing also allows the children to write about someone else instead of writing about themselves all the time with sentences that always start with I am ...etc.

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Aug 15, 2010
 It works well.
by: Debbie

I love this idea and tried it last year. It worked very well for my year 2s. I changed it slightly so the person speaking was called the 'speaker' and the others who questioned and listened were the 'reporters'.

The speaker wrote their own report. Children couldn't wait to get into their writing, and as you said, it is great for third person writing. I took a photo of each speaker during the sharing time and the best report written from that group was published with the photo in a class display book.

At the end of the year each child had a few photo/reports to take home as a record.
Mar 20, 2009
 Just a Minute
by: Barb

Thanks Nicky, I like your idea, especially linking it to the children writing about their group reporter, themselves.I'm going to try this.

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