Leytia came and modelled writing in my classroom on Wednesday. She brought in a lift-the-flaps book about insects in the garden. Before she read it she did a quick brainstorm to check prior knowledge. She drew a flower and pointed to the stem. "Who knows what this part of the plant is called?" The children suggested "the stick?" She asked them what lived in the garden. She wrote the things that they supplied in the petals on the flower. As she went through the story she added more information about the characters. I liked the way she explicitly referred to their prior knowledge, introducing the children to this term.
The children had to write a description of one of the characters. Leytia modelled this.
Takeaway: I liked the way Leytia used the brainstorm to check prior knowledge about the topic - I have usually been doing brainstorms after we have read a story to check understanding. I liked the way she added to it as the story progressed. This is something I would like to do in future.
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