CWR

For the last week, we have been practicing determining the main idea and details in the text. One of the skills, is to write your own main idea paragraph with details.

After going over our learning goals, we did some brainstorming in the quiet of our minds. What was a subject we know something about or something we like to do?

We had a Construction Written Response (CWR) prewriting paper to organize our thinking. Ms. Leom shared an example. Students worked, and she walked around the room and helped students.

We reviewed our goals, then started translating our prewriting ideas to a paragraph. Ms. Leom modeled as we started. Today, we talked more about a closure sentence, and how it is the next step in writing. Early writers use "the end" to tell the reader that the story is finished. As more mature writers, we reword the topic sentence for our ending.

Our Reading units are three weeks long. The first two weeks have a CWR writing expectation. It is exciting to watch students grow and develop as writers over the year! The best is just beginning!!