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Blog Post 27

April 3-6

Learning Outcomes

-Use talk, notes, personal writing and representing to summarize relationships among own ideas and those found in texts

-Explain how word choice and literacy techniques/devices create mood and imagery and use them to enhance meaning of created texts

-Use grammatical structures and conventions in my own writing and apply a variety of strategies to assist with my spelling


 What Did Students Do?

Students explored the wordless picture book, Journey.  They meet in small groups to discuss the illustrations and what their vision of the story might be.  Students reviewed WOW beginnings and discussed how to give their story a strong start and hook their reader.  They brainstormed descriptive words to paint a picture with their writing.  Students wrote the beginning few pages of their stories and began writing conferences with their teacher. 











Family Connections

Ask your child:

-What is your story going to be about?

-What WOW beginning did you use to hook your reader?

-Why is it important to use descriptive vocabulary in your story?  

-What is a strength you have with writing?

-What is an area of growth for you in writing?

-How do you feel about writing your Journey story?


Coming Up 

Fun Snack - April 14

Netball Residency for Grades 4-6 – April 17th – 21st  

Fun lunch – April 26th  

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