Rosie the Visiting Dog and My Buddy
Reading
1. first week did Rosie normal
2. Introduced non fiction writing
3. Reading time worked on trackstar
Can pull groups while they are working on the trackstar 30120 http://trackstar.4teachers.org
Working dog had 2 grades.. fact/opinion sheet and compare and contrast
Writing
4. Had them work at centers for for each track .. good for starting out
5. Had to have certain items for them to turn in to them
6. Writing project was separately- followed the unit of study- good non fiction
7. Had to pick a dog breed and research
had to have 3 categories about the breed with 5 topics about each category
8. Used track star for getting the information searched for dog breeds
Documents to use
Compare-dogs
dogbreed.cwk
pug.cwk
service dogs fact o.cwk
service dogs facts.cwk
Research Report - Dog Breed Nonfiction Writing.webarchive
TheDogProject