Following our district Reading Curriculum, this week’s word is “is.”  Since my students have been writing “is” since September, I am adding the word “animal” for these next 3 weeks (to go with our unit on ANIMALS.)

Next week I will add the word “because.”  In 2 weeks my students will be taking the district WRITING PROMPT ASSESSMENT and their assignment will be an opinion writing.  I want to get them ready for this writing assessment and they will need to use the word because in their writing.  I introduced some thinking and conversation yesterday to get them used to the idea of opinions.

 For example, “What is one of the best foods you can eat?  WHY? ”  Here are some of their responses…

“I think corn are one of the best foods you can eat because they are crunchy.” (Adriana)

“I think beets are one of the best foods you can eat because they are juicy.” (Emily)

“I think peas are one of the best foods you can eat because they are green and green is my favorite color.”  (Jonah)

I invite you to have some conversations with your child asking their opinion  about things.  Non-judgemental, and remember that just the response “because” is not an answer.

Mrs. Smith