Procedural Writing

We have been very busy writing different procedures over the last few weeks. It is a writing unit that we all seem to be enjoying a lot too. I know that I sure do love reading them! This week we are working on our final procedure. We are writing a simple recipe. I will collate them all to make a class cookbook. I'm telling ya... this is torture for an eight month pregnant lady! I read these and am instantly hungry! They all sound so delicious! I can't wait until our book is finalized and ready to make it to my kitchen...ummmm I mean our classroom shelf! ;)

How To Blow A Bubble!

Today during our writing block I gave each of the kiddies a piece of bubble gum and told them to practice blowing bubbles. They were quite excited to participate in such an activity! Afterwards they  were given their task: In small groups write instructions on "how to blow a bubble." Everyone was extremely thrilled to be practicing their procedural writing skills with such an authentic learning task! Tomorrow we will edit up our writing and begin sharing as a class!

Procedural Writing

Today we started learning about a writing form called procedural writing. I kicked off the unit this morning with a really cute activity. I tell the kiddies that I am going to give them instructions that they need to follow carefully.
Here are my instructions:
Draw a square, next draw a triangle, then draw a rectangle and finally draw a circle.
I then ask all kids to reveal the house that they made. Nineteen kiddies look at me very confused since they all just had four shapes drawn randomly beside each other on a piece of paper.
Lesson learned... instructions (or procedures) need to be very clear and detailed!