Write+With+Us+K-1

__Lesson 1: __ ﻿Use the book "Today I Feel Silly" by Jamie Lee Curtis. In conjunction with the small paper plate & adjective lessonstudents will create a writing sample that incorporates how they feel from their plate. Using lined paper and sticky notes the students will come up with three sentences that describe how they feel. They will cover up the adjective and let their peers guess how they feel, based upon the three sentences as clues!Starter Sentence: Today I feel (your choice).Sentence 1: I am ...Sentence 2: My face looks...Sentence 3: You can hear/ see me...(See example)  //Today I feel silly. Mom says it's the heat.//  //I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet.//  //I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night.//  //I dressed like a star and was quite a sight.//  //Today I am sad, my mood's heavy and gray.//  //There's a frown on my face and it's been there all day.//  //My best friend and I had a really big fight.//  //She said that I tattled and I know that she's right.//

__Lesson 2: __Use the book "Oops" by David Shannon Show the students all of the things that David loves in this story.Such as:His ballHis foodHis bikeHis bathHis mommaDemonstrate the things you love by placing the words or pictures inthe Map of My Heart template. This will become the writer's topic listof things they love for inspiration with future writing projects.Cut the heart out and glue in on the first page of their writing journal.**You may also three hole punch this template and place it into their binder or folder.

__Lesson 3: __ __﻿__Use the book "Pete the Cat" by: Eric Litwin Watch the video on the ELAR Wiki and listen to the rhythm of the writing.Have students decide upon an object that they love. *They can pull an object from their Heart Map as well. Using the template provided, have the students create three things that could happen to their object. For example: I Love my Teddy Bear1. It gets wet. = I love my wet Teddy Bear.2. The dog plays with it. = I love my one eyed Teddy Bear.3. It gets lost. = I miss my Teddy Bear.

__Lesson 4: __ Use the book "Tough Boris" by Mem Fox <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Have students make a piggyback story following the "theme" and "cadence" of the book...

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Once upon a time I met a pirate named Boris. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">He was tough...all pirates are tough. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">He was...

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(Use these other characters as inspiration: Spy, President, Teacher, Coach, Zookeeper)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__Lesson 5:__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Five Little Pumpkins - Piggyback Story <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="youtube" key="J_wuD4ZFaDE" height="315" width="420"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Ask students to write a story about some pumpkins.

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