OUR GRAND "ALL ABOUT BOOKS" PUBLISHING PARTY

Today was our grand publishing party for the "All About Books" the first grade wrote. For the last two months we have been learning about non-fiction. We started out learning about the features of non-fiction in Reading Workshop. Simultaneously, the kids were learning how to write non-fiction stories. Their focus was to write a book all about an animal of their choice. Each lesson we reviewed features of non-fiction, and then I modeled for the class how they can extract information from a book to answer specific questions. We started with planning sheets, and post it notes where the kids made notes. Once they finished the first step I gave them publishing paper, and we sat in groups and worked together on finding the information. I also modeled for the class how note taking can turn into a story. The kids also had to illustrate pictures, and draw a picture of their animal with labels. The kids also created a table of contents, a glossary, a fun facts page, and an author page. 

I am extremely proud of the first grade for all their hard work. Today's publishing party was special because we celebrated the kids and THEIR hard work . :)

Morah Gaby