We have now moved on to the 3rd 9 Weeks of school. Wow, time really does fly when you are having fun! We are beginning our genre study on procedural/functional writing. In other words, the students are learning to write "how to" papers. In class we have been focusing on the standards of functional writing and methods that can be used to meet the standards.
* The student shows the steps in an action in enough detail
* The student includes relevant information
* The student uses language that is straightforward and clear; and
* The student uses pictures to illustrate the steps in the procedure.
We enjoyed practicing this process by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in class yesterday! Students were thrilled to put together their own creations in time for lunch. They then wrote about this in their journals--while including all of the ingredients and steps!
We look forward to making many other recipes throughout the upcoming weeks to tie together our math study of fractions and our "how to" study of functional writing! We anticipate making mini pizzas, pancakes, dirt pudding and brownies! A list will be sent home with the ingredients we will need if you are able to donate anything. After our cooking sessions, students will be making their own recipes. We will even be making paper mache' pinatas!! It is going to be such a fun time in writing this 9 weeks! Thanks for your support! We will post pictures as we enjoy the activities! ;)
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