In the first week of school we set up our writer’s notebooks. We’ll use these notebooks all year (or until we fill them up and need a new one) for collecting and drafting writing. To get started, we created Heart Maps. We drew a big heart in the back of our notebook and filled it with things (people, places, items, ideas) that are important to us. When we need a new idea for writing, our Heart Map will be one place we can look.
