WORKSTATION FLIP CHART Writing

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Contents UNIT 1 Week 1 Pam and Sam I Am Special... 1 What I Like to Do... 2 Week 2 I Can, Too! Write About Sports... 3 On the Playground... 4 Week 3 How You Grew I Can Do It!... 5 Write About Healthful Foods... 6 Week 4 Flip Write About Pet Homes... 7 Counting Pets... 8 Week 5 Soccer Team Sports... 9 Make a Teamwork Collage... 10 UNIT 2 Week 1 Animal Moms and Dads Animal Families... 11 Animal Family Sizes... 12 Week 2 Little Red Hen Helping Out at Home... 13 Making a Sandwich... 14 Week 3 On the Map Let s Build... 15 My Neighborhood... 16 Week 4 The Pigs, the Wolf, and the Mud An Animal s Home... 17 Rain Forest Animals... 18 Week 5 Beth and the Band Make Music... 19 Neighbors Have Fun!... 20 UNIT 3 Week 1 On My Way to School On My Way to School... 21 A Funny Shape... 22 Week 2 Smile, Mike! Family Time... 23 Family Puppets... 24 Week 3 Masks! Masks! Masks! Bird Shapes... 25 An Invitation... 26 Week 4 Rose Robot Cleans Up A Recycled Creation... 27 Build a Frame... 28 Week 5 Kids Have Fun! Write to a Friend... 29 Friends... 30 UNIT 4 Week 1 Drakes Tail My Favorite Bird... 31 Helping Others... 32 Week 2 Gram and Me Write a Story... 33 Draw and Count... 34 Week 3 Cesar Chàvez Write a Report... 35 Friends Help... 36 Week 4 The Kite Helping a Friend... 37 Things That Move... 38 Week 5 Animal Teams Animals Work Together... 39 Sea Teams... 40 UNIT 5 Week 1 Kitten s First Full Moon Explore Space... 41 Night Sky... 42 Week 2 Meet Ben Franklin Write a Report... 43 Calculator Fun... 44 Week 3 Stormy Weather Write a Weather Report... 45 Write a Song Verse... 46 Week 4 Happy Fall! Poem About a Season... 47 Seasons... 48 Week 5 A Tiger Cub Grows Up Caring for Animals... 49 Animals Staying Healthy... 50 UNIT 6 Week 1 Olivia Write an Invitation... 51 Tell About a Place... 52 Week 2 Whistle for Willie What I Learned... 53 How to Play a Sport... 54 Week 3 Cool Jobs Jobs People Have... 55 Jobs with Music... 56 Week 4 Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Draw a Bug... 57 A Bug Song... 58 Week 5 Super Oscar Keeping Yourself Fit... 59 My Special Day... 60

I Am Special Draw a picture of you. Write your name. Carlos Write a sentence telling why you are special. Add this writing to your portfolio. Carlos I can play. 1

What I Like to Do Draw a picture of what you like to do. Write: I like to. I like to jump. Draw and write about other things you like to do. Make a book. I like to swim. 2

Write About Sports Draw a picture of you playing a sport. Write a sentence about your picture. I can kick. Think of other sports. Write words that tell what you do when you play. Draw a picture for each word. skate 3

On the Playground Think about something you like to do on the playground. Write: I like to on the playground. Write more about your picture. Tell where the playground is. Tell who you go with. Add this writing to your portfolio. I like to hop on the playground. 4

I Can Do It! Think about something you learned to do this year. Write a sentence about it. Draw a picture about your sentence. I can read. Draw something you would like to learn soon. Write a sentence about it. Add this writing to your portfolio. I want to ride a big bike. 5

Write About Healthful Foods Draw your favorite healthful food. Write: I like to eat. I like to eat carrots. Draw another healthful food you like to eat. Write a sentence telling why you should eat healthful foods. Healthful foods help me grow. 6

Write About Pet Homes Draw a pet in its home. Write about the pet home. A dog can live here. Draw other pets in their homes. Make a flip book of pet homes. Add this writing to your portfolio. books about animal homes A fish can live here. 7

Counting Pets Draw your classmates pets. Write: We have pets. We have 3 pets. Draw the pets in your neighborhood. Write: There are pets. There are 6 pets. 8

Team Sports Write the name of a team sport. Draw something you use to play this sport. baseball Draw a picture of you playing a team sport. Write about being on a team. Add this writing to your portfolio. I play on a baseball team. My team is good. 9

Make a Teamwork Collage Cut out pictures of people working together. Glue them into a collage. magazines scissors glue Write a sentence about the pictures. Share it with a partner. Teams have fun together! 10

Animal Families Draw a picture of your favorite animal family. Label the picture. cats Write a sentence telling how this animal cares for its babies. Add this writing to your portfolio. The cat feeds her baby. 11

Animal Family Sizes Draw an animal family with many babies. Write the name of the animal. fish Write a sentence telling how many animals are in the family. There are five fish in the family. Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 12

Helping Out at Home Draw a picture of a job you do at home. Label the picture. food cat bowl me Write a sentence about how you do this job. Add this writing to your portfolio. I fill the bowl with food. 13

Making a Sandwich Draw a picture of a sandwich you like. Label the parts of the sandwich. cheese bread Tell how you make the sandwich. Write sentences about this. 1. I get a piece of bread. 2. I add cheese to it. 3. I put a piece of bread over the cheese. 14

Let s Build Draw a picture of something you would like to build. Label your picture. A house for my dog Write a story about a group of children building something. Draw a picture to go with your story. Add this writing to your portfolio. Matt and Jane built a house for their dog, Rex. 15

My Neighborhood Draw a picture of your neighborhood. Label your house. Write sentences to go with your picture. Tell who lives in your neighborhood. Tell what the houses look like. Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 16

An Animal s Home Think of two animals and where they live. Draw the animals and their home. Write sentences about them. A bear and a bat live in a cave. Write sentences about another animal and describe its home. A crab lives on the beach. 17

Rain Forest Animals Draw an animal that lives in the rain forest. Write its name. frog Draw this animal s home. Write why the animal likes its home. Add this writing to your portfolio. I like my tree home. It keeps me dry. 18

Make Music Draw a picture of you making music. Label your instrument. tape recorder Write a sentence. Tell why you would like to play this instrument. Record what you wrote. drum Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 19

Neighbors Have Fun! Draw a picture of neighbors playing together. Write a sentence about it. Draw more pictures of people in your neighborhood. Write sentences about the pictures. Make a Neighborhood book from your pictures. Add this writing to your portfolio. We rake leaves. 20

On My Way to School Draw something silly you may see on your way to school. Label your picture. hat coat dog Write a rhyme about this silly thing. Add this writing to your portfolio. The man had a hat. His hat flew over the cat. 21

A Funny Shape Draw a funny shape. Write about it. modeling clay A Pig in a Wig Work with a partner to make the shape. Give it a funny name. Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 22

Family Time How does your family have fun? Write a sentence about it. My family plays games together. Family Game Time Make a poster for a play called Family Game Time. Write a sentence about the play. Add this writing to your portfolio. This family has fun! 23

Family Puppets Draw people from any family and write names on them. Cut out the people. Glue them to the sticks to make puppets. Tell a story with your family puppets. Have a puppet show! Me Grandma Uncle Dan scissors glue wooden craft sticks 24

Bird Shapes Create a bird with paper shapes. Glue the shapes onto paper. Write a sentence telling what shapes you used. I made a bird with a circle, triangles, and an oval. Make another creation with the paper shapes. Write a sentence telling what shapes you used. construction paper shapes glue 25

An Invitation Think of a mural you would draw on a wall. Draw a picture of your idea. Write an invitation to a friend to come see the mural. Dear Sam, There is a new mural near my house. Please come and see it! Your friend, Lisa 26

A Recycled Creation Use old things to make something new. Make a list of old things you used in your creation. Give a name to your new creation. Write sentences about it. Add this writing to your portfolio. recyclable objects (paper towel rolls, paper cups, scraps of paper) glue scissors 27

Build a Frame Write a poem to hang on your wall. The poem can be about a favorite person or animal. Draw the person or animal next to your poem. My Kitten Ginger She is very silly. She tumbles. She wiggles. Glue four craft sticks together at their ends to make a square. When it is dry, put your frame around your poem. craft sticks glue 28

Write to a Friend Write about something you like to do with friends. Write a letter to a friend. Tell about something you want to do together. Add this writing to your portfolio. Dear Sam, I want to go to the park. We can play baseball together. Will you come? Your friend, Anna 29

Friends Draw a picture of you with a friend from school. Write your name and your friend s name. Alex Ned Write sentences telling what you and your friend do for fun at school. Ned is great. I like to read with Ned at school. 30

My Favorite Bird Draw a picture of your favorite bird. Write two sentences telling why you like it. Write another sentence about your favorite bird. Share it with a partner. Add this writing to your portfolio. I like the pelican best. I like how it gets its food. Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 31

Helping Others Think of something you are good at that helps others. Write sentences telling about it. Draw a picture to go with your sentences. Add this to your writing portfolio. 32

Write a Story Think of a time you and an older relative worked as a team. Write a story about what happened. Draw three pictures to show what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Add this writing to your portfolio. 33

Draw and Count Draw a picture of your entire family. Count how many people you drew. Write a sentence about your family using a number. There are 8 people in my family. Work with a partner to add up the people both of you drew. Write sentences that include numbers. There are 8 people in my family. There are 7 people in Nat s family. There are 15 people in all. 34

Write a Report Think of a person you admire. Write sentences about the person. Draw a picture of the person to go with your report. Present your report and your picture to the class. 35

Friends Help Think of one time a friend helped you. Write about it. Think about things your family helps you with. Write a sentence or two about some of those things. My dad helps me cook. My sister helps me learn games. 36

Helping a Friend Write about a time when you helped a friend. Draw a picture for your story. Make up a story about someone helping a friend do something. Draw a picture for your story. Add this writing to your portfolio. I helped my friend learn how to swim. 37

Things That Move Pick a Photo Card. Write about how the object shown on the card moves. Photo Cards Think of another object that moves. Draw the object. Write about how it moves. The rocket blasts off. 38

Animals Work Together Draw a picture of two animals that help each other in Animal Teams. Write sentences telling what the animals are doing in the picture. Share your picture with a partner. Animal Teams, pp. 114 131 39

Sea Teams Draw a picture of the animal teams you read about that live in the sea. Write the name next to each animal. sea anemone clown fish Write a sentence telling about your picture. shrimp 40

Explore Space Draw a picture of yourself in space. Label your picture. moon star me I fly to space in a rocket. I will go to Mars. Write sentences about your space trip. Share your work with a friend. rocket 41

Night Sky Make a list of things you can see in the sky at night. Write a sentence describing each thing on your list. Draw the night sky with all of the things on your list. Add labels to your picture. 1. moon 2. stars 3. 42

Write a Report Draw a picture of Ben Franklin. Write a report on one of Ben Franklin s inventions. Add this writing to your portfolio. books about Ben Franklin Draw a picture of the invention. Internet Research and Inquiry Activity www.macmillanmh.com 43

Calculator Fun Solve the problems on the board. At the same time, have your partner solve the problems using a calculator. Compare the times it took you and your partner to finish. calculator 12 + 5 = 9 3 = 11 7 = 13 + 1 = Write sentences telling why the calculator is a great invention. You can do math much faster with a calculator. 44

Write a Weather Report Draw your favorite season. Write a report on the type of weather you see during that season. I like spring. It is warm. It rains a lot, too. Draw yourself in your scene wearing the correct clothes for the season. Write sentences about your picture. Add this writing to your portfolio. 45

Write a Song Verse Sing Rain, Rain, Go Away. Write a new verse. Fill in this frame: Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain, rain, go away. Practice singing your verse loudly and softly. You can have your partner play a musical instrument as you sing. musical instruments (optional) Rain, rain, go away. 46

Poem About a Season Draw your favorite season. Write a poem about it. Add this writing to your portfolio. Spring I like spring, When the wind blows, And the flowers grow. Draw a picture of another season. Label your picture. 47

Seasons Make a list of the seasons you have where you live. Write sentences telling what activities you like to do in each season. Draw yourself doing one of the activities. In summer it is hot and sunny. 48

Caring for Animals Draw a picture of a vet caring for an animal. Label your picture. vet tape hurt ear cat Write about the job of a vet. Add this writing to your portfolio. A vet takes care of animals. She checks if they are sick. 49

Animals Staying Healthy Think of something both you and animals need to stay healthy. Write sentences about it. Animals need enough water to stay healthy. Draw yourself doing something to help an animal stay healthy. Write about your picture. I put away things my dog should not eat. 50

Write an Invitation Write an invitation to a party. Be sure to tell your friend when and where the party will be. Dear Min, Please come to my house for a pool party. It will be at 2:00 next Sunday. Your Friend, Nat Write your friend s address and your address on the envelope. construction paper envelopes Eric Riley 87 Lucy Way Bedford, IL 80615 Amanda Tree 142 Fairway St. Rapidsville, MI 68122 Find out more at www.macmillanmh.com 51

Tell About a Place Draw a picture of a fun place you ve visited. Write a sentence or two about the place. I went to the circus. I saw clowns juggle. Write about what you did there. Add this to your writing portfolio. 52

What I Learned Draw a picture of something you learned to do. Write a sentence about it. Now draw a picture of something you want to learn to do. Write a sentence about it. I learned to blow up my own balloon. 53

How to Play a Sport Draw a picture of you playing a sport. Write and number the steps to play it. Write about the hardest part of your sport. Add this writing to your portfolio. How to Play Soccer 1. Try to kick the ball into the goal. 2. Always run as fast as you can. 3. Work with your team to make goals. 54

Jobs People Have Draw a picture of a job you would like to do. Write sentences about the job. Doctors help sick people. Write about a job someone you know has. Add this writing to your portfolio. My uncle is a painter. He paints pictures all day. 55

Jobs with Music Draw a picture of any musician s job. Write about that job. Some people play music for a job. Think of another kind of job that uses music. Write about that job. Some people teach music. My grandmother is a piano teacher. 56

Draw a Bug Draw three circles in a row. Add legs to the circles. Draw a face on the bug s head. Write sentences about your bug. Tell how it moves and what it feels like. 57

A Bug Song Work with a partner to write some short sentences about bugs. Try to use rhyming words. Bugs are small. Bugs can crawl. They fly in the sun. Together, make up a song for the sentences you wrote. Try clapping a rhythm to help you sing. 58

Keeping Yourself Fit Draw a picture of how you exercise. Write a sentence or two about it. I like to walk with my mom. It keeps me fit. Write about why exercise is good. Add this writing to your portfolio. 59

My Special Day Think of a day that you had that was special. Write a letter to a friend telling about your special day. Dear Jenny, I had a special day on my birthday. I had a party with balloons and cake. Draw a picture of the special day. 60