We had another amazing ELA class today. Two weeks ago we learned about five different types of nonfiction text structures that authors often use.  Last week we dug deeper into the Problem & Solution structure (you may have seen a blog post from your child) and today we looked at the description structure. 

We first examined an example looking for topic and closing sentences and descriptive details. We used a color coded graphic organizer to annotate the paragraph and keep track of the information. 

Then students tried this on their own. They chose a subject to write about, filled in the graphic organizer and wrote. The kids were excited to write about a choice topic and learned how easy descriptive writing is with the help of an organizer. 

I am looking forward to the students sharing their writing tomorrow!