Narrative Writing
We finished up our unit on Peter Pan! We will continue to learn about persuasive writing by writing opinion paragraphs about our favorite character, season, etc. This will help prepare us for our Interim Assessment 3 next week! We will also focus on grammar and sentence skills.
Writer's Workshop
We will be starting Writer's Workshop in a few weeks! Writer's Workshop is a designated time of each day in language arts where students become “authors”. The first 10-15 minutes of Writer’s Workshop is a designated mini-lesson, or direct teacher instruction focusing on the six traits of writing (Conventions, Sentence Fluency, Organization, Ideas and Content, Word Choice, and Voice) the different modes of writing (Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, etc.), and techniques and strategies that good writer’s use. After each mini-lesson students will have independent writing time where they will choose their own topic for their writing and have an opportunity to practice skills and strategies taught in the mini lesson. By giving the students choices in their topics, the writing becomes authentic, engaging, and meaningful. During this independent writing time the teacher will meet with individuals or small groups to conference and encourage their growth as great writer’s. Students will learn to write, revise, edit, and publish stories.
We finished up our unit on Peter Pan! We will continue to learn about persuasive writing by writing opinion paragraphs about our favorite character, season, etc. This will help prepare us for our Interim Assessment 3 next week! We will also focus on grammar and sentence skills.
Writer's Workshop
We will be starting Writer's Workshop in a few weeks! Writer's Workshop is a designated time of each day in language arts where students become “authors”. The first 10-15 minutes of Writer’s Workshop is a designated mini-lesson, or direct teacher instruction focusing on the six traits of writing (Conventions, Sentence Fluency, Organization, Ideas and Content, Word Choice, and Voice) the different modes of writing (Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, etc.), and techniques and strategies that good writer’s use. After each mini-lesson students will have independent writing time where they will choose their own topic for their writing and have an opportunity to practice skills and strategies taught in the mini lesson. By giving the students choices in their topics, the writing becomes authentic, engaging, and meaningful. During this independent writing time the teacher will meet with individuals or small groups to conference and encourage their growth as great writer’s. Students will learn to write, revise, edit, and publish stories.