Christmas Tree Descriptive Writing

The students created a Christmas tree out of three triangles. They then added dot stickers of various colors to their tree as ornaments. The students then wrote to describe their tree using a Circle Map and Tree Map. The students' goal was to include adjectives to describe the shape of the tree as well as the color and number of ornaments on their tree.

Where Does the Brown Bear Go?

Last week we read Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Nicki Weiss to learn about adjectives. As a part of our study of adjectives the students brainstormed at least six words to describe one of the many animals from the story. They then used those adjectives to write string poems about their animals. Below are a few samples of their quality work: