Kidspiration

This week in Writing, we are starting our All About/How To Book Nonfiction Unit. The children will be writing a book on something they are an expert on (All About Book) and then another book on how to do something (How To). They can choose any toipic that they are interested in. To introduce this unit and create a less overwhelming experience, the children will use Kidspiration to create a web about themselves and things they know a lot about or how to do. I will not tell them that they will be creating books, rather I will just tell them to brainstorm a web on these things because we will be using them later in a project. I modelled on the SmartBoard how to build a web. I also demonstrated how to search through the photos to help jog ideas.