In Reader's Workshop students are beginning to learn more about the features of nonfiction text. The first feature they explored was Types of Print. Their task was to take a nonfiction book and place a tally mark each time they saw a word that was boldfaced, colored, highlighted, underlined, or in all capitals. Afterwards we met back at the carpet to discuss why authors change the print of certain words.
Yesterday, students wrote ANOTHER summary based on an article from Time for Kids. They have written two summaries on their own, but this was the first time the teachers are going to score what they wrote. In order to complete their summary they were given the article, vocabulary organizer, and the rubric. We went over the rubric so they knew exactly what their teachers were looking for.
In Writer's Workshop we are continuing to "read like writers" using mentor texts to learn from published authors. I first read aloud Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse to the class while they sat on the carpet listening and looking at the pictures. Next students were given a typed version of the story and met with their 7 o'clock partner. Together they highlighted words, phrases, or sentences that they really liked and would like to try to emulate in their own writing. Some even discovered writing styles or figurative language that they have learned to include in their writing.
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