During writing workshop we will respond to a few prompts that relate to The Polar Express story. What would you do if you saw a magic train outside your window? What would you do if you could choose the first gift of Christmas? What would you do if you lost Santa's bell? Each day the children will share their responses with their classmates to hopefully create some discussion as well as practice responding to a prompt/reading, work on conventions (spaces, handwriting) and use our snap words and spell other words as best we can with our spelling patterns. We will end the week with an opinion writing (where we are headed after the winter break) on where they would like to travel out of all the places we have learned about: Australia, England, Israel, Mexico, Germany and Italy. They will answer why and what they would do when they were there. They are going to have a formative grade for this, since this something we are just beginning. I will also grade one or two pieces from their packets for a summative grade in writing. I think this will be a fun way to kick off opinion writing! We will watch The Polar Express on Thursday morning as a fun culmination of all our studies!
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