My students always write goals for the upcoming year. This year, I decided to have them make “Bucket Lists”. We discussed that a “Bucket List” is a list of goals that you want to complete by a certain time.  This is the first writing we took through the writing process – prewrite (share ideas and brainstorm), first draft, revise and edit, and final draft. Each child had a conference with me to discuss ways in which this writing could be improved. Most of the final drafts are published in the hall. (A few students who were absent will finish soon.)