This resource focuses on three amazing themes for January to write about.
These Interactive Google Slides focus on: New Year's Eve and Day, Martin Luther King and Snowmen.
There is informational text for students to use as a springboard for writing as well as practice using verbs.
Slide One: Informational text about the New Year...Click and drag to answer questions using the informational text.
Slide Two: Using the topic of the New Year students will click and drag verbs into the correct sentence.
Slide Three: Using all the information provided students will write independently,
Slide Four: Informational text about Martin Luther King. Click and drag to answer questions using the text.
Slide Five: Working with verbs using the theme of Martin Luther King. Click and drag.
Slide Six: Using all the information provided students will write independently.
Slide Seven: Informational text about snowmen. Click and drag the sequence pictures and text on making a snowman.
Slide Eight: Click and drag...past and present verbs.
Slide Nine: Independent writing.
What I love about this resource is students use informational text, modeling and a pre write organizer before they write independently.
Slide Ten: Assessment
Are you ready?
Let's Write...January
This packet is designed to provide students with practice using the CCSS.
This writing packet has three levels to provide DIFFERENTIATION in your writing program!
January focuses on Sensory, Narrative, Informative, and How To writing with the topics:
Topic/Literature Suggestion with lesson plans/Type of Writing
Martin Luther King...Big Words...Informative writing
How to Build a Snowman....All You Need for a Snowman...How to
Blizzard....Blizzard...Sensory
New Year's Day Celebration...New Year's Day...Narrative
The packet includes two sections.
Section One STUDENT WORKBOOK
This part includes:
Cover
Literature Suggestion
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers
"Sloppy Copy" page with editing
"Sloppy Copy" page
Editing Note for student and teacher editing.
Section Two STUDENT JOURNAL
This part includes:
Pages for publishing
Cover to make a class book
Skill worksheets and posters are included in each of the four lessons.
January will provide practice for understanding Verbs...what are they, past, present
Each of these skills will enhance student writing skills.
I think these lessons are WRITE ON!
We bundled up the Slides and the Paper Pencil resource to create a terrific classroom team at a savings.
Looking for a writing project that includes a craft...check this out!
It is perfect for your literacy centers during the month of January.
The packet includes:
Self Check for independent writers
Polar Bears...are, can, have
If I was a Polar Bear
A Polar Bear...hears, sees, smells
Penguins...are, can, have
If I was a Penguin
A Penguin...hears, sees, smells
This activity contains a pre write as well as the final write page for mounting the topper.
There is penguin and polar bear topper for mounting on the final pages.
