Polly Wants a Paragraph: Writing Skills for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades

We will cover basic writing skills beginning with complete sentences and culminating in solid paragraphs. A print-out of the provided Paragraph Planner will be required each week. An additional Note Taking Tool is required on days we are writing an informational paragraph. I will let you know when we need to take notes in the classroom announcements.

We will kick off with a discussion of the weekly topic. We will brainstorm how we might write about that topic. Then writers will begin plying their trade. Writers may share at the end of class, or the beginning of the next class if they wish. 

Week of September 2: Personal Narrative
Week of September 9: Procedural Paragraph
Week of September 16: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of September 23: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of September 30: Opinion Paragraph
Week of October 7: Personal Narrative
Week of October 14: Procedural Paragraph
Week of October 21: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of October 28: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of November 4: Opinion Paragraph
Week of November 11: Personal Narrative
Week of November 18: Procedural Paragraph
Week of November 25: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of December 2: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of December 9: Opinion Paragraph
Week of December 16: Personal Narrative

Winter Break! We'll be back in January. 

Week of January 6th: : Personal Narrative
Week of January 13th: Procedural Paragraph
Week of January 20th: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of January 27th: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of February 3rd: Opinion Paragraph
Week of February 10th: Personal Narrative
Week of February 17th: Procedural Paragraph
Week of February 24th: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of March 3rd: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of March 10th: Spring Break! No Class
Week of March 17th: Personal Narrative
Week of March 24th: Procedural Paragraph
Week of March 31st: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of April 7th: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of April 14: Opinion Paragraph
Week of April 21: Personal Narrative
Week of April 28: Procedural Paragraph
Week of May 5: Informational Paragraph (Article for research supplied)
Week of May 12: Creative Writing ( A small piece of fiction)
Week of May 19: Opinion Paragraph

We'll be back in June!