I greatly appreciate all of the help bringing in books from home or from the library to help our author/subject focus. In addition to reading and learning more about facts and each author, the students also focus on the different writing genres and techniques authors apply in their own writing. These include personal narratives, how-to writing, dialogue, riddles, cause and effect, poetry, fictional and non-fictional stories, pattern books, and letters.

Author Study

September: Mem Fox (Personal Narratives)

October: Audrey and Don Wood (Story Telling and Idea Box)

November: Mo Willems (Dialogue)

December: Jane Yolen (How-To)

January: Brother's Grimm and stories retold (Fairytales)

February: Laura Numeroff (Cause and Effect, Letter Writing and Geography Project)

March: Dr. Seuss (silly stories and rhyming verses)

April: Shel Silverstein (poetry)

May: Steve Jenkins (non-fiction)

 

Subject Study ( Fiction and Non-Fiction)

September: Back to school, Johnny Appleseed

October: Halloween, International Day, Columbus Day

November: Thanksgiving

December: Winter, Advent, Christmas

January: Hibernation, Martin Luther King Jr.

February: Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Dental Health Month, Iditarod

March: Spring, St. Patrick’s Day, Lent

April: Easter, Earth Day, Embryology Project(chicks and chickens)

May: Memorial Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Summer