Novel Study City of Ember, Reading Picture Prompts, What's the Headline?, First Chapter Fridays, small group reading instruction, D.E.A.R time, Reading Responses and more.
Narrative Writing, Personal Learning Reflections, News Articles, What do you notice and wonder writing activities, research projects for Science and Social Studies and more.
Food advertising unit to go with Healthy Eating unit.
Reader's Theatre, Monologues, Research Project Presentations, Genius Hour Presentations.
Be creative. Think of interesting ideas. Write about things you know well. Research to have a better understanding of your writing topic.
Be descriptive. Use interesting 'juicy' words. Make sure to describe in detail characters, settings and situations. Try to create a visual picture for the reading using your words.
Write to make the reader feel emotions like happy, sad, angry, excited. Write with expression. Create suspense. Make the reader want to read more.
Organize your thoughts before you write. Plan out your writing. Have a beginning, middle and end in your writing. Develop each section and use a variety of different sentences to make your writing flow.
Proofread your writing for punctuation, spelling errors and grammar. Read your finished writing out loud to see if you hear any mistakes or have missed any words.