Over the last few months, Mrs. Yollis' class has been learning how to write a quality paragraph.
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It is important to brainstorm the
details
of the topic before writing the paragraph.
main ideas
and details
of the topic before writing the paragraph.
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Here is Gal's brainstorming.
She has two main ideas and several details.
Next, we wrote a rough draft using our brainstorming ideas.
Notice Anais'
green TOPIC SENTENCE
yellow TRANSITION and MAIN IDEA SENTENCES
red DETAIL SENTENCES
Next, students used dictionaries to help them spell the high-level vocabulary words and adjectives they were including in their paragraph.
Finally, the students proofread. Every writer carefully touched each word to make sure that each sentence was correctly written.
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The paragraphs were scored on a 20 point rubric!
Learning to write a quality paragraph is a lot of work, but well worth the effort!
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What was the most difficult part for you?
What writing skill did you learn or improve today?
Share a compound sentence you produced in your paragraph!
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Dear Mrs. Yollis,
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned is to touch each and every word on a paragraph. In addition, I also learned to use a dictionary to spell high vocabulary.
Your student,
Sam
Dear Mrs. Yollis,
ReplyDeleteWhat I leaned is to use a dictionary to spell high vocabulary. I enjoyed doing my first comment on your blog and will contribute more to blogs now.:-)
Sams brother,
Julia
Dear Mrs. Yollis,
ReplyDeleteWhat I leaned is to use a dictionary to spell high-level vocabulary. I enjoyed doing my first comment on your blog and will contribute more to blogs now. :-)
Sam's sister,
Julia
Dear Mrs Yollis,
ReplyDeleteI love all of your paragraphs. I think they were interesting. I loved
Scarlet's paragraph. I think your class is very good at blogging.
From Mrs Ranneys class
Natalie Del Carmen
Dear Mrs.Yollis,
ReplyDeleteMy class is rewriting our "I'm Thankful" paragraphs because we made a lot of mistakes. The mistakes were mostly details and topic sentences. We're learning how to correct our mistakes!
From,
Carson
P.S. I'm in Mrs. Ranney's class
Dear Mrs. Yollis,
ReplyDeleteWhat we both learned is to always add magnificent adjictives and strong verbs.
From,
Sam and Julia
Dear Mrs. Yollis
ReplyDeleteWhen I got my paragraph back I just looked at it like I have never seen anything in my life. I was really shocked because I just realized that I didn't write a title or a closing sentence.
Your student,
Kayla
@Sam and Julia,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for leaving such great comments! Yes, a dictionary is an important tool for good writers! Looking forward to more wonderful comments from both of you!
@Natalie,
I'm glad you left a comment for us! I notice that your class is full of great bloggers, too!
@Kayla,
Thanks for such an honest comment. I think many people were surprised that they left parts out of their paragraphs. It was the first time everyone wrote a paragraph without any help from me. It's tough at first, but I think the class learned a lot from the experience.
Looking forward to reading your blog!
From,
Mrs. Yollis
Hello, Mrs Yollis and Class,
ReplyDeleteWe really like your ideas for writing quality paragraphs! As we are always looking for new ideas to improve our writing, we will be trying this out with our "Turkey Party" unit. Stay tuned to our blog for updates!
:) Mrs. Benjamin and Class
Dear Mrs. Yollis,
ReplyDeleteIt was really hard writing about what we were thankful for. In first grade at my old school had to write what I liked I did almost the same thing for the star test. It was so hard.
If you were still in third grade would you do this?
Your student and friend,
Nick
Hi Ben,
ReplyDeleteI like your collection of hockey cards because of all of the different teams and players you have!
I like watching hockey on TV. I used to go to my cousin's games. My favorite team is the Boston Bruins. It's cool how the players glide on the ice and can pass to their teammates so quickly.
Your friend,
Rachel H.
Dear Mrs.Yollis,
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy Thanksgiving.I loved your video about Thanksgiving.Please write back.
Sams sis,
Julia
Dear Julia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for leaving a nice comment! You have become an excellent blogger who always leaves a wonderful message! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, too!
Your friend,
Mrs. Yollis