January 6th to January 10th

It was a busy first week back to school. The students were excited to complete their perfectly imperfect critter writing project. Inspired by the book, The Baranabus Project, where a creature who was built to be a perfect pet was called a failed project. Half mouse, half elephant, Barnabus was kept out of sight until he learned to love who he was.

First, the students experimented with creating their own perfectly imperfect pets. Next, they selected a favourite and created a visual representation and a three dimensional plasticine model of their critter. We then used our drawings and plasticine creations to help us to add descriptive vocabulary, sensory details and figurative language to best describe the appearance of our pets. We worked to selected specific interesting words. Rather than round, big sharp and students wrote words such as bulbous, enormous and as sharp as a razor.

The students then wrote descriptive paragraphs to reflect their creature's appearance and personality. Finally, we created folders to showcase our work that represented the files on all of the imperfect pets from the book. The student's showed great interest and care in putting their work together.

Learning Outcomes:

I can communicate clearly and accurately using precise alternatives for commonly used words.

I can develop creative expression through a range of sentence beginnings, lengths, and types.

I can reread written texts to identify what could be added or deleted to enhance creative expression.

I can revise texts to enhance clarity or fluency.

I can edit writing for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Questions to ask your child:

What part of the writing and creating process did you enjoy most?

What is your critter's name? Share a little about your critter?

Describe your creatures appearance using some of the descriptive vocabulary you used in your writing.

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June 16th to June 20th

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June 2nd to June 6th

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