Writing Activity

Today's question of the day really interested the kids, so we decided to do a writing activity. The question was "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and went along with our weekly story Ruby in Her Own Time. We made an older version of ourselves to go along with the writing activity.

We also made little Ruby ducks to add to our board:

We finished our SWBC chart that helps us with helping the plot of a story. We used favorite read alouds like Aliens Love Underpants and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. They loved doing this.

If you want the people pattern or the duck pattern, let me know and I'll post them! :)

Ruby in Her Own Time: Plot

"Plot has three parts: Beginning, Middle, and End!"

I have said this over and over and over!

I have drilled this into my kids heads all week long and I think they finally get it! We did this plot activity Wednesday and made ducks today. I love the anchor chart that the kids filled out. I found it on teacherspayteachers. Kim Adsit created it and she has an entire packet of comprehension anchor charts for students to fill out. They are great! There are charts for plot, character maps, story maps, setting, all kinds of skills! Check it out!

Ruby Helpers: Compound Words

Our reading story next week is Ruby In Her Own Time and part of the phonics skill is compound words. To help my kids understand this concept, I made Ruby Helpers. I'm going to display these on the white board while we talk about compound words.