We are beginning our new unit - a non-fiction writing unit. During this unit students will ponder what they are an expert on and write a book about that topic. The second half of this unit students will write a "how to" book.
In Kindergarten, students used a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic. In first grade, students will become more independent with writing about a topic of interest, while adding supporting details and adding a sense of closure.
Students are selecting topics in which they already feel they are experts and therefore will not need to conduct research within this unit. Later in the school year when students write Nonfiction Expert Books Based on a Mentor Text, students will conduct research to add to what they already know on a topic.
This week we are using graphic organizers to find areas the students feel they are experts in. We will plan for an expert book using a graphic organizer web and then a table of contents to organize our thoughts.
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