We have spent the last several weeks developing informative articles on an "expert topic." The students were instructed that an "expert topic" is something that you know lots and lots of information about, but you do not have to research. As a class, we have focused on the structure of a paragraph: main idea and details. Your child should be writing paragraphs that have a main idea, supporting details, and a developed conclusion.
Our authors' share celebration is a time where we celebration the accomplishments of the writers in our class. Students are invited to share either parts of their writing or their whole piece with the class. It is a fun time where students really celebrate all of their hard work. If their informative piece is not completed, they will not take part in the celebration, and will continue to finish their work. Students have known about this celebration for several weeks now, and have been working toward the goal!
You can ask your child to show you their informative article on Google Classroom. I leave comments, and expect students to make revisions based on my comments and suggestions. You can use my comments and suggestions to help guide your conversation about writing with you child. Thank you for all your support at home! It is such an integral part of your child's success!
Below are some of the anchor charts we created to help with informative writing. I will leave these charts up in the classroom all year, because although we will move into narrative writing as our next unit, we will continue to write informative pieces in different subject areas. Students can refer to these charts to jog their memory on what I expect from an informative piece.
