Writing

Students continue to work on their non-fiction teaching books. The kids are writing about a variety of topics they know all about! It has been so much fun seeing them apply text features and craft into their teaching books! Students have used a checklist to evaluate whether or not their teaching book includes all the parts it should. Students have worked with a partner to make some revisions and additions to clear up clarifying questions from a reader. Last week students added a table of contents to their book. The hope over the next week is that students can complete another book or two so when we publish these books right before our Thanksgiving break they will have several to choose from.

When we return from break we will begin our unit: Telling Good Stories - Beginning, Middle, End. During this unit we work on adding more content, details, topic-specific vocabulary and of course will continue to work on grade-level mechanics such as appropriate use of capital letters and punctuation. Essential Questions for this unit:


How do people compose a good story?
How do people develop a story?

This will shift our focus back from non-fiction writing to more fiction and/or personal narratives depending on what students choose to write about.