We
visited a local museum recently to see a robotic dinosaur
exhibit. It was a
very interesting morning and we learned some new things about
dinosaurs. Did you know that dinosaurs may be the
ancestors of birds? Did you know that flying reptiles were
not dinosaurs? In second grade, students will learn even more
about these fascinating animals!
On this
page, we are sharing a fun writing project. Students
pretended to have a dinosaur friend. They gave their pal
a name (very much like their own), wrote a describing
paragraph, created a title using Word Art, and illustrated their writing.
To start, we
brainstormed possible ideas and words to use. Then each
student created a plan for their writing using a graphic
organizer like this example:
After a
first draft (sloppy copy) was written, revised and edited during
student/teacher conference, their titles were created in Word
Art. A final copy was handwritten and illustrated.
Please
scroll down the page to see some of our work.
