Well, now January is here and it is time for those sweet, adorable snowmen to take over. We have been having lots of fun this week writing about them, reading about them, and using that wonderful "ow" chunk to help improve our reading and writing.
To help my kiddos along with this, I've created a couple of little units. The first one is a freebie. Most of my students have made snowmen before and were more than enthusiastic when it came time to start this little writing project. We started by talking with a neighbor about the things we would need to make a snowman and the steps we would follow to make it. Then we shared our ideas and I recorded them on this not very fancy anchor chart. Please notice the need for a sock nose...and a sausage nose. No idea where those came from, but whatevs! Every idea is important, right?
Then I handed out our first graphic organizer and had students go to town on their own. I did notice that my less-than-enthusiastic writers decided they could just put the name of one material in each box and be "done." Ummm...not so much. So we had to do a quick review of what to include--the actual steps. This activity gave me a really good idea of where my students are and what sort of next steps to take with them. Some are already using transitional words on their own and won't need that support from me, while others will need explicit instruction about how to layout their writing. I can't wait to see what they do next. Here are some of the ideas they came up with...pretty clever, huh?
Here is a preview and link to my TPT store where you can download this mini-unit for free. If you like it, please become a follower or leave a comment. While you're there, you can also check out my "ow/ow" unit to go along with all our winter learning.
Happy Teaching!
~ Katie
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