Then, today we were ready to start writing our own how-to writings! So, I brought in an oldie, but goodie: How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
We used our snowman how-to anchor chart to guide our pre-writing.
**disclaimer: you know that time you laminated and it leaked nasty water stains or whatever on your cute poster...yeah...GRRRR! The struggle is REAL people!*
Ah-hem....Anyways...We did think-pair-share at out table groups to identify the first, next and last step. After they told me each step, I followed their directions and we drew a picture of that step. When we finished drawing out our steps, we used the snowman anchor chart to write our how-to paragraphs!
No special handout for this tried-and-true activity. Just simply dividing the picture part of their journal into thirds to record a picture of each step.
They did so well doing this together so I can't wait to see how they do when we write about how to brush our teeth on Thursday!
You can find the How To Writing anchor chart template in my bundle of all writers' workshop anchor charts!
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