Today, I was working in a fourth grade classroom during writing workshop. The classroom teacher and I were conferring with kids on their historical fiction story mountains. I was excited to see that this planning strategy stuck from the realistic fiction unit earlier in the year.
After finishing up a conference with a student, writing a story about the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, where I confirmed that yes there were cars back then…another student approached me with her notebook wide open. “I couldn’t find my pen…so I wrote my timeline with invisible ink…”
I looked up at her and nearly rolled my eyes. “Oh come on,” I said just as she produced a light. She moved the light across the page, exposing a carefully constructed timeline, written in…invisible ink.
Where There Is Joy 
I can just imagine being a teacher and hearing that a student wrote their work with invisible ink. I’d be wanting to roll my eyes, too.
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This post brought me so much joy that it made me cry. I’m crying. Ha ha ha ha… Thank you.
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You can’t make this stuff up. This story is a keeper.
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Haha. A determined writer getting work done, any way she can!
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Perfect. Good for protecting copyrights during this unit. I’m guessing that was a book fair gadget…being put to good use.
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I think that you should share this with her! She thought she was just being sneaky (and as Peter said, putting her book fair gadget to use), she didn’t know she’d be an inspiration for you!
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I just printed her a copy! ❤️
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This is great!
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hahahahaha – I love this 🙂
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