We can write about… ©D. Jump and D. Wills

We can write about… ©D. Jump and D. Wills

You can use the images on the following pages to make a large anchor chart for brainstorming and recording writing topics. There are individual planning sheets for the students to use as well.

Things I can write about Name

Things I can write about Name

Use the resource on the following page with the lesson on Day 5. Have the strips cut out and then as you read them aloud have your students help you decide where they belong on the chart.

A Time When Something Happened Story All About Book

Polar bears are the biggest hunters on land. One day a polar bear decided to take a vacation. Polar bears can swim for 100 miles without resting. Cubs stay with their mothers for two years. I saw a polar bear at the zoo. I watched a movie about polar bears at my cousin’s house. A polar bear has black skin to keep him warm. I got a stuffed polar bear for my birthday.

Table of Contents Maps Help the reader find what is in the book. Help the reader know where things are in the world. Type of animal 2 Where it lives 3 What it eats 4

Close-Ups Labels Help the reader to see the details up close. Tell about the picture and its parts. tail fin dorsal fin gill slits pectoral fins

Cutaways Captions Show the reader what something looks like on the inside. Tell the reader about the picture. This is a great white shark.. There are many different types of sharks that live In the ocean.

After teaching the kids about the different text features have them help you match up the name of the text feature and what it is used for. Next, assign each group a feature to illustrate and use them to create anchor charts. {See example on following page} OR simply sort and glue the text features you copied to use in Day 6

Tell about the picture and its parts. Labels

Text Features Table of Contents Maps Close-ups Labels Cutaways Captions

Help the reader find what is in the book. Help the reader know where things are in the world. Help the reader to see details up close.

Tell about the picture and its parts. Show the reader what something looks like on the inside. Tell the reader about the picture.

A walrus can weigh as much as a small car. Comparisons Help the reader get a picture in their head to understand relationships between two or more things.

Comparisons Help the reader get a picture in their head to understand relationships between two or more parts. Use to create an anchor chart if desired.

Make Believe Story All About Book If your little ones are still having trouble distinguishing between a make believe book and an all about book you can use the chart headers and pictures to sort into the appropriate categories. As your little ones help you sort the pictures discuss as a class the reasons why they belong under that category.