I am been the definition of MIA lately. After Valentine's Day, I definitely needed our 4 day weekend to recharge my batteries. I had the best intentions of blogging yesterday, but I was to busy catching up on my DVR--is anyone else freaking out as much as I am about Downton Abbey?!
Anyway--back to the real reason why I write this blog...
At the end of January, (yes, I am that behind) we researched and wrote about arctic animals. We did this in groups earlier in the year, but this time, they did this on our own--and they did great!!!
Now they did get a little help on the editing part, but most of this was on their own! They soon realized that the red squiggle meant they had made a mistake, and they loved to figure out what their mistake was!
Check out what awesome writers they have become!
{Arctic foxes are white in the winter and brown in the summer.}
{Arctic foxes live in Antarctica and eat fish and birds and other small animals too.}
{Arctic hares look like large rabbits.}
{They eat plants, moss, lichen, berries, leaves, twigs, and roots.}
Aren't those adorable?! We also learned about nonfiction text features, so of course they had to include headings in their books. For my higher kids, I also had them choose to include an index, glossary, or a table of contents.
This week, we are learning all about dental health--so much fun! More to come on that later this week!
What a cute idea! I am always looking for ways to make the student's published work more "book-like" to put in our library. I found you through the That's So Second Grade giveaway and I'm your newest follower :)
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Sarah
The Fabulous First Grade
Thanks! I am in the process of laminating and binding them!
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