Today was a double block of LA. In our first block we started our first writing unit of the year: Personal Narrative Writing. This week our mini-lessons are going to be about different strategies we can use to generate ideas for personal narrative writing. Today we learned 2 strategies: Thinking of important people in our life and then listing any stories that pop into our mind when we think of those people, and listing Turning Points: first times, last times, or times when we realized something. Students began generating their story idea lists and then picked one to start writing - they only had about 5 minutes to begin writing the story before the first block was done...but this is ok, as I didn't expect them to write the full story, just to begin getting it down on paper. In our second block we continued our work on Tough Questions. Today I read a picture book aloud to them (http://peachtree-online.com/staff/seasonal/pdfs/YellowStar.pdf) and then they were each given a copy of the text to use to help them identify the tough question. Students filled out the graphic organizer and then turned them into me at the end of class. I will be scoring these and using it to help me plan the rest of the unit and see if we can move on, or if I need to do some additional instruction. Homework: Read for at least 30 minutes - making sure to stop when you notice a sign post- mark it on a sticky and THINK about the question you need to ask yourself for that signpost (use the bookmark I gave you!)
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