LoSolla uses two slender fingers to measure the proper distance between the previous word and her own and begins to spell. Throughout the exercise, Jones continues to cue the students about punctuation, capitalization and handwriting. The students aren't finished when they complete the question. A complete sentence is in order, Jones says. It's your decision.
Powers chooses the lesser of the two.
From Day One, Jones has used interactive writing to bolster the kids' reading and writing. It's just reinforcement, reinforcement, reinforcement. And when we don't know, we can't get it sometimes. So we just try to sound it out, and we just keep on trying. Sometimes I mess up.