A Writer's Office!

     I wish when I was in the fourth grade I had my own little "writing office" so I could hide and let my creative juices flow!  Today I created some "writing offices" for my students to use when they are in the final stages of their writing. This has to be the BEST resource for my students! 

Here is the link for the templates!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Office-Template

FYI:  You must create an account and if you have a MAC computer it won't download.  I had to download it at school.

Interjections and Onomatopoeia Foldable Eight Page Book

Hey guys it's been awhile since I posted anything, but today we had so much doing this great activity I just had to share!  My students and I created an eight page book that talks about interjections and onomatopoeias.  This is just another fun way they can add some flavor to their writing.  What made it extra fun was to bind the little book I used funky duck tape.  They got to pick what they wanted. I also found these cute speech and thought bubbles to place on their covers for decorations. 

To make this fun eight page book I used Dinah Zike's foldable book on Vocabulary and Phonics for 4th grade - 12th grade.  In her book she lists tons of words that make sounds (onomatopoeia).  I gathered only the words I thought the students would find useful.  The students wrote down the words on the front flap and underneath the flap they wrote a sentence using the word.  On left side the interjections and the right onomatopoeia. The reason I did this is because they drew a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast both.  I wanted to make sure they knew the differences and similarities to both.  

I am a visual learner, so here are some photos to show you how we did this. 

My student placing it back into his Interactive Notebook.

My example!

My example!

My example!

My example!

My example!