The Beginning of Our Own Information Reports

We are entering Bend 3 in our Information Unit of Study and our students have chosen their own topic to write about.  Some topics bouncing around are: gymnastics, rollerblading, skateboarding, swimming, playing basketball - soccer - baseball, biking, and playing the piano.  We have drafted a Table of Contents and are working on chapters of our books.

Here are some pages which we found particularly helpful and engaging...

This page from Will's book explains the importance of having your bike examined regularly to stay safe.

Briella dedicated a page to appropriate gymnastics attire.  

Courtney made sure to bold the words she will add to her glossary.  She also encouraged her reader by saying don't give up.  Soccer wasn't easy for her when she was little.  

Logan's introduction tells the reader to get healthy and strong by using pedal power and riding a bike instead of taking the car.  

As we study nonfiction mentor texts we expect to see labeled diagrams and 'how to' instructions pop up in our reports.  Students can't wait for writers' workshop each day!

Catapult!!!

For our second scientific experiment, we designed a catapult to launch a ping pong ball and cotton ball.  

As scientists, we asked the question - Which would travel farther?  

Again, we wrote up our materials and procedure page, make a hypothesis, and conduct the experiment 

three times - recording our results each time. 

   After our conclusions were published and discussed, we asked the question...

                                                                 Time to get to work!