One activity that we did was related to a nonfiction text about Symbols which tied in to the students' social studies curriculum. We focused on the Washington Monument and identified all the facts about the monument. We identified which ones we thought were the most important and wrote them on a model Washington Monument that we made into a 3-D model.
We also read a poem about "Delilah" that did not let us know what type of being Delilah was and had many similes included in it. After talking about what a simile is, we had to use context clues and make an inference using what we already know about different animals. Students then had to create their own poem in the same fashion as "Delilah"!
We read the story "Andy's new house" and designed a home that each students would like to have. Then each students wrote a descriptive piece of writing about their dream house. We used color coded paragraphs to help students focus on the main idea, details, and description of the details.
We also read a poem about "Delilah" that did not let us know what type of being Delilah was and had many similes included in it. After talking about what a simile is, we had to use context clues and make an inference using what we already know about different animals. Students then had to create their own poem in the same fashion as "Delilah"!
We read the story "Andy's new house" and designed a home that each students would like to have. Then each students wrote a descriptive piece of writing about their dream house. We used color coded paragraphs to help students focus on the main idea, details, and description of the details.