Reading and Writing

Narrative Writing

Students will work on writing stories about real life experiences.  The following skills will be taught throughout the unit:

*Openings, Closings, Adding Details, Transitions and Using Quotation Marks.

Students will also be taught about editing marks and the proper use of  capitals and punctuation.

Informational Writing

Students will learn how to research various topics.  They will come up with questions to research, take notes on what they have researched and turn their notes into various chapters about their topic.

Skills being taught throughout the unit include:

*Openings, closings, details, transitions and using various text features including:

*Headings  *Captions   *Labels   *Bold Words
*Table of Contents   *Glossary   *Pictures

Students will also continue to be taught how to edit their work for proper spacing, spelling, capitals and punctuation.
 

Opinion/Persuasive Writing

Students will learn how to write an opinion piece that includes reasons and examples.

Skills being taught throughout the unit include:

*Openings, closings, details, transitions and the use of clear examples.

Students will also continue to be taught how to edit their work for proper spacing, spelling, capitals and punctuation.