Crankenstein Writing

 Our Crankenstein book has been assembled for the students to enjoy on the rug.  This writing went along with our Crankenstein art project.  The students picked a topic about what makes them cranky.  We then used a bubble map to expand our ideas.  The next step was to put the ideas into complete sentences.  The students highlighted the capital letters at the beginning of each sentence and the end marks to double check their work before signing up to conference with me.  Once we looked it over together, the students wrote a final copy for our class book.  It's so fun to see the students gather together on the rug to enjoy each other's writing.

What Turns You into a Crankenstein?

This week we read the funny book "Crankenstein" by Samantha Berger.  This story takes you through many examples of  what makes the main character very cranky.  At the end, the reader is surprised to find out the main character is just a normal little boy!  We shared stories and examples of what makes us cranky.  The class shared examples of snow that comes too early, doing chores, and waking up in the morning.  We used our ideas to put together a class book.  Each student came up with a main idea and three details to support that idea.  We're still finishing up our writing, but we finished making our Crankensteins on Friday.  They turned out great!