Non-Fiction Writing Unit

We started a new writing unit this week. This unit prepares children to write informational texts of all sorts across the school year.  Students will build from Kindergarten, where students wrote teaching books such as, “All about Soccer.”  This unit will show kids how to write towards a more focused topic, such as “Scoring Goals.”  The reading and writing connection is strong in this unit.  Students will read informational books and apply craft moves.  Writing informational books also strengthens nonfiction reading skills, helping kids understand the purpose of headings and other nonfiction features. The connections will be easily made because our new reading which we begin this week also focuses on non-fiction text. The unit begins with instruction in how to make a basic type of information book, a picture book, and ends with children creating multiple information chapter books, filled with elaboration, interesting text elements, and pictures that supplement the teaching of the words.