*Sometimes, the book provides us with an opportunity to make a connection to our own life and helps us remember a similar story that we can write about. This is called a 'text to self connection'.
We read some great books about sick kids. The books reminded us about times we have been sick...how we felt, what we couldn't do and what made us feel better. We wrote about these connections. While reading, we noticed several similarities between these books. When one book reminds you of something that happened in another book, that is called a 'text to text connection'. We had fun making connections between the 3 books we read about sick kids!
*Sometimes, a book provides us with an opportunity to look closely at a character. After reading 'Willow's Whispers', we practiced finding evidence (proof) from the story that showed the character was shy, smart, creative, easy-going etc. . Students got a star sticker for writing a sentence to explain something about the character and a star sticker for giving the proof.
While writing, we practice spelling high frequency words correctly, appropriate use of punctuation and capital letters and experiment with new, interesting adjectives to make our work more descriptive.
We have been inspired in our class by some great books this week! Great writing everyone!
