Crazy but True

Our writing theme today was: What is a Crazy but True thing that happened in your life? As the students listen to each other's ideas, their memories get jogged and it's very interesting what rich experiences they have had!

One of the forms of writing that we learn in grade 2 is "the recount." A recount is a telling of a story. Some of the elements of recount that we will learn and practice in our writing workshop are:

• main idea
• important details
• connecting and sequencing words (e. g. then, next, after that, finally) which help the story make sense
• adjectives
• words that "show" the reader what happened instead of just telling (e. g. the blue paint was in huge blobs like giant spiders on the wall, instead of the blue paint was everywhere)

And, the usual suspects:

• letter formation
• spacing between words
• when to use capitals
• periods, commas, exclamation marks

Ask your child to tell you their "Crazy but True" story! Some day soon I might tell you mine!