Text Types Taught

There are four general texts we will be reading and writing.

Narrative:

We will be reading in the Harcourt Reading book on our grade level.
We have read alouds of many books that I will add here as we read them, so you will know what your students are currently reading in class.  It will be on the right side, under "What we're reading."
We will be writing stories about our summers, our favorite animal, and other topics depending on the students.  This will also be on the side under "What we're writing about."

Informational:

We will be reading history books to learn more about America, the country we live in.
We will be reading science books to see pictures of the different subjects we're studying:  insects will be our first subject.
We will be writing about the insect life cycle and different insects.

Argumentative:

We will be writing different papers on these topics:

• Why should people have pets?
• How can we get rid of pollution?
• What are healthy foods?
• Sesame Street is a great show to watch
• Why is war bad?
• Is exercising daily important?

Poetry:

We will be reading and writing poetry.  Everyday we'll hear a poem, so the students will be able to hear many different kinds of poetry.  We will learn about haikus, shape poetry, Acrostic poetry, and Senses Poetry.  The picture above is an example of a shape poem.