Narrative Writing~Winter Stories

We have been working hard on our writing lately.  I was excited to find this Winter Friends Craftivity from Amy Lemons.  You can get it {HERE}  It has the template for the friends and the writing paper.  She is super talented!  We spent one day filling in a graphic organizer with characters, a setting, a problem and a solution.  Then they began brainstorming for their story.  They were to have 3 paragraphs, introduction to the story, a winter problem and a solution.  They did a rough draft on notebook paper then we did our final, edited drafts on the paper you see in the pics.  The kiddos were so excited to make their "peoples" after we finished all the writing!
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 Our "I Can..." Statement

A look at the whole class!

A little sweetie pie (with an infectious laugh) working on her writing!



I finally have some pics to share of my classroom.  I made it through the first week!  I have an amazing class this year.  I'm so excited!  I'm teaching a 2nd and 3rd grade split class and they are all independent and hard workers!  Most of my ideas I found on Pinterest and some of the cute things you see I bought or downloaded free on the Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) Store.  I linked each one.

 

 

This is our super cute new reading nook!  The kids love it and are begging to read! 

Great problem right? 

Don't you love the lamp? Under $9.00 shade and all at Target!  Woo Hoo!

Here is the link to the FREE (love it, right!?) CAFE sign for Daily 5.

 

Whoo Has a Writer's Eye?

 Classroom Voices

How do we get home?

 

Are all available on the TpT store.  They are too cute!

 

 

My welcome bulletin board, "Whooo is in Our Class?"

And some erasers I made for the kids for the first day reminding them that no one is perfect!

 

 

And last but not least...our class pet. 

Delta.  He is a Male Delta Fancy Fin Beta Fish.