Have I Got A Book For You!

We are finishing up Bend II in Lucy Calkin's Second Grade Unit of Study: Writing About Reading - Opinions.  In this unit, we have been writing letters which persuade our classmates, friends, and family members to read our favorite books.

Using this chart, we wrote about the characters, best part, lesson learned, and illustrations (among other things).

Andrew wrote about Janell Cannon's Stellaluna.  The main reason he likes this book is because of the lesson it teaches.  Andrew writes a short summary but doesn't give away the ending - which entices others to read the book.  Here is the checklist he used to self-assess his work.

Our class wrote about a variety of favorite children's books: Bad Kitty, Zoomer, Wolf, Three Hens and a Peacock, Mr. Peabody's Apples,and Snow Day just to name a few.

What a wonderful way to encourage each other to read - read - read!