Functional Writing

The students are currently working on Reading and Writing in the genre of Functional Writing. In other words the focus is on types of writing that tell you how to do something. In Reader's Workshop we are focusing on strategies that help them to read "How To" writing. They are reading directions on Map Quest, recipes, directions on how to build something. The students are also working on creating their own "How To" pieces of writing during Writer's Workshop. The sloppy copies are now almost complete and the children are working with Rubric's to assess their work and see how to take thier work to the next level. The next step is for each child to complete their own published piece.