November 20th - 23rd

Thank you for attending conferences. It was great to connect with you and to celebrate your child's learning.

What Did Students Do?

Students used what they have learned about paragraphs to write another one this week. They started by creating and designing anything they wanted with loose parts. Then the next step was to design their favourite place using the loose parts. They used this design to spark ideas and conversations as a starting point for their writing. After this, students created a brainstorming web based on the ideas they generated from their loose parts design. Then they wrote their paragraphs. Students focused on a topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence, descriptive words, capital letters, and punctuation. They typed these paragraphs and really focused on editing and revising to improve their work. 

*These paragraphs are written in Google Classroom. Please have your child share their paragraphs with you!

Learning Outcomes - English Language Arts and Literacy:

I can show that the writing processes used to organize and enhance messages include planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

I can use methods and tools to support planning. 

I can demonstrate that paragraphs include a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.

I know that a topic sentence describes what the paragraph is going to be about and the concluding sentence brings closure to the paragraph.

I can revise which includes adding or removing words or sentences to enhance clarity and fluency.

I can publish my work.

Questions to Ask Your Child:

-What place did you write about for your favourite place paragraph?

-What does it mean to edit (CUPS strategy - capitals, usage, punctuation, spelling) and revise (ARMS strategy - add words or sentences, remove words or sentences, move words or sentences, substitute words or sentences)

-What are some examples of descriptive words?

-What are you most proud of when reflecting on your paragraph?

Student Work:

















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