Tuesday, May 17, 2016

How To Books

Our very popular book display of procedural texts (how to books) published by Room 304!

If you are interested in learning about how to do something, please check out this list of published books written by Mrs. Craven's Kindergarten!


How to Make a Stool by Noah

How to Feed my Fish by Caleb

How to Break a Board by Stella

How to Dive by Quinn L.

How to Go to the Doctor's Office by Callie

How to Catch a Fish by Alexander

How to Teach my Sister to Swim by Ava

How to Feed a Cat by Nevin

How to Catch a Chicken by Uma

How to Get Dressed for Skiing by Erin

How to Do a Karate Move by Aidan

How to Plant a Tree by Abigail

How to Make a Lego Ship by Oliver

How to Make a Hot Air Balloon by Quinn W.

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies by Ruby

How to Buy a Cap by Tyler

How to Earn an Animal's Trust by Sophie

The children first brainstormed topics they felt they could teach someone else.  Thank you for helping them at home.  We sketched the steps we would take to teach someone about our topic, planning the transition words we would use.  The children had a list of procedural words for reference.  This list included words such as first, next, then, after that, last, and finally.  Then we put each step on a separate page, wrote complete sentences, added detail, and worked hard to publish our books.  

This was another experience following the writing process through to publication.  First, the children brainstormed their topic.  Next, they worked on a rough draft.  After that, they made revisions and added detail.  Then, they edited their work making sure they had capitals and periods in the correct places, spaces between their words, lower case letters, and trick words spelled correctly.  Finally we designed covers for our published books.  

Now we are on to informational writing.  You can look forward to our published books on sea animals in the coming weeks.  What amazing writers!  

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