Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to be authors

I can express my ideas for writing. 

I can notice ways an author can engage their readers. 

I can experiment with language to tell a story. 

VOCABULARY

Author: a writer of a book or poem.

Setting: A time, place and environment or a story. 

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Students can practice writing about their setting. 

Students can use their senses to write down words that describe their setting: 

Feel

See

Touch

Taste

Smell

What emotions do they feel? 

Students can then use these words to write about their setting.