Informational Writing

You know what I love even better than Friday? Friday before a long weekend ... ahhhhhhhhh ... much needed!!! It's been a long week ... but a fun week ... so I guess all is good. Looking forward to some quality time with the family this weekend (and hoping for some sun). Friday also means it's time for Five for Friday - I LOVE this linky - I seriously look forward to it all week, planning what pics I'm going to include. Make sure you check out some of the other Five for Friday posts at…

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*Attention Parents: Here is a link to the Land and Climate Poster Project students should be working on this weekend. It is due on Wed., Oct. 19!* --------------------------------------------------Today we officially kicked off our study of informational and everyday text. We defined the characteristics and looked at examples of informational and everyday text. Students glued this chart into the Genre Learning tab of their Thoughtful Logs. Students looked for different types of print as they…

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Topic Sentences: Students have to differentiate which sentences are topic sentences and details then match up on mat

Love this anchor chart for the beginning of the year. Teaches students how to…

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Sometimes, when one is teaching, all of the stars align and everything just seems to mesh really well. All of the topics connect, the kids see the connection, and the day wraps up into a nice little package. Sometimes. Today, was one of those times. (THANK GOODNESS!) After our lesson this morning about finding the main idea and all of the supporting details in a paragraph (we used our basal for the reading passage), I followed with a lesson on topic sentences in paragraphs. We discussed over…

Children need good mentors to help them write well. Here are 12 informational writing mentor texts to help your students become better writers! There are 3 sets (4 on koalas, 4 on sheep, and 4 on lions). Each set has 4 levels of writing (1, 2, 3, and 4). These models show children in an explicit man...

I read these books...and my kinders wrote books like this one... Guess Who Flies by Cindy I have wings. I eat worms. I live in a nest. I am a robin. I {heart} 5 and 6 year old writers!!

Children need good mentors to help them write well. Here are 12 informational writing mentor texts to help your students become better writers! There are 3 sets (4 on koalas, 4 on sheep, and 4 on lions). Each set has 4 levels of writing (1, 2, 3, and 4). These models show children in an explicit man...

Our Bubble Bursting Gum Projects These projects turned out to be a fun & creative way to share several of the major standards tha...