Working on Personal Responses

One of our standards is to share an opinion on a topic like a recently read book.  Today we decided to discuss a book we read last week:  Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Maureen Wright.  

The first thing we did was talk with a partner about what we thought of the book:  

We were talking about whether we liked the book and why we thought the way we did.  We're also practicing using the word because in our discussions.  

Next we took to our journals to write what we discussed with our turn-and-talk buddy:

When our independent writing time was over, some of us could share what we wrote:

Next up:  we'll draft more opinion pieces about some of our memorable books!