The students are exploring nonfiction books with their partners. This allows them to talk about their new learning and deepen their understanding of the texts. Many are choosing to write about what they know.
We started the new year studying NonFiction texts in Reading Workshop. Students are documenting and sharing their learning. There are many topics the students are interested in reading. At this time the students are able to read-to-self for 30 minutes!
These past several weeks the students have been writing realistic fiction stories.
Some have written a collection of stories and made a keepsake box to keep to house the stories.