As authors, the children have experimenting with the writing process.  They  have been learning how to communicate their  ideas in a variety of written forms such as, lists, instructions and recipes.

We made a lists.  This is a list of what we would need to build a snowman:

You can practice at home by writing grocery lists.

We wrote instructions.  Here are our instruction on how to build a snowman.  We used the our snowman Word Banks and the words: First, Then and Last.

You can practice at home by writing instructions for setting the table, drawing a butterfly or getting dressed.

We made snow dough using this recipe:

You can practice at home by writing recipes for pancakes.

Check out your child’s writing in his/her blogfolio.