Reading and Writing

In reading this week we have been starting reading groups. The theme for the the reading groups is survival. Everybody is reading different books about survival in their reading groups (for example Island of the Blue Dolphins, My Side of the Mountain and Hatchet). Every group has their own meeting day and each group, every week gets a new reading assignment and a new writing assignment about the reading. Also, we went over the reading workshop expectations and rules to make everyone feel happy!

In writing this week we found out that our class is writing fictional pieces. To get our minds flowing with fiction, Mrs. Crowther has been giving us prompts to start first drafts. Also, we have been writing myths about gods, goddesses and explanation for natural phenomenon. After we have written a lot of these first drafts we will pick one to go through the writing process and make our final draft.