WELCOME KENNEDY MONTESSORI LOUISVILLE WRITING PROJECT PARTNERSHIP 2015

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Opinion Writing in Primary: Which Should We Drink— whole milk, 2%, or skim? Adapted by Jean Wolph from materials NWP i 3

Mini-Unit Overview Writing Argument MINI-UNIT Emphasis ARGUMENT SKILLS PRODUCT ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT Reading CLOSE READING STRATEGIES RESPONSE TO READINGS Close reading strategies Writing & talking to develop knowledge on topic or issue TOPICS # of Lessons Draft, Feedback, Revise, Reflect Forming an opinion 4 Lessons Entering Skills: • Sharing ideas in a whole class discussion • Partner sharing • Completing cloze sentence frames. Foundational Skills: • Exploring evidence to form an opinion Product: Claim statement Optional poster (text is the claim statement) Researching to make an informed opinion Studying a text to form an opinion Using observation skills (taste test) to form an opinion Scaffolded claim writing: We should drink ____ because _____. Which Milk Should We Drink? 2 shared readings and taste-test Reading articles or listening to read-aloud to form an opinion 3

Writing Standards Emphasized in the Mini-Unit • Write opinion pieces in which students state an opinion, giving reasons.

Mini-Unit Instructional Sequence Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 • Introduce research question (inquiry) • Study text 1; read aloud/think aloud. • Study text 2; read aloud/think aloud. • Gather our knowledge about milk on a class chart • Partner re-reading and sharing. Class charting of responses: We should drink ___ because ___. • • Conduct taste-test • Partner sharing • Class charting of noticings about the 3 kinds of milk we tasted • Class charting of responses: We should drink ___ because ___. Day 4 • Writing our opinion: We should drink ____ because ____. • Optional creation of posters (individual or group), using the claim as text and illustrating as desired. REMEMBER…every time you ask kids to write, allow time for talking, sharing, and charting as a whole group!

What do we know about milk? Whole, 2%, and Skim Let’s list our ideas on a class chart. What do we know about milk?

Taste Test! Can you tell the difference?

Share Your Ideas in Partner Talks

Let’s capture what we noticed about the 3 kinds of milk we tasted. Whole Milk 2% Milk Skim Milk

Which milk should we drink? 9 Regular milk, or whole milk, is high in fat. Almost half of the total calories in whole milk are fat calories. Whole milk has 8 grams of fat per cup. Two percent milk has 4 or 5 grams of fat per cup. Skim milk is fat-free. It has 0 grams of fat per cup. 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Fat Grams From http: //healthyeating. sfgate. com/regular-milk-vs-skim-young-children-1601. html

Share Your Ideas in Partner Talks

Now Let’s Add to Our Class Chart: Which Milk Should We Drink? We should drink ______ because _____.

Which milk should we drink? The American Academy of Pediatrics says fat is important for brain development in young children. Ages 1 -2: Whole milk is recommended. Ages 2 -4: It’s okay to switch to a lower-fat milk, such as 2 percent milk. Ages 4 -5: It’s good to drink 2 percent or skim milk. Why? It lowers fat intake, manages weight and reduces the risk of chronic diseases later in life. Facts from http: //healthyeating. sfgate. com/regular-milk-vs-skim-young-children-1601. html

Share Your Ideas in Partner Talks

Now Let’s Add to Our Class Chart: Which Milk Should We Drink? We should drink ______ because _____.

YOUR TURN! Which Milk Should We Drink? We should drink ______ because ______. It’s. M I y A L b C d ur backe o y is , s n i o h i T in p o your NCE. E D I V E

Sharing • Read your claim to your partner. • Did you change your mind during our investigation? Why or why not?

Next Steps • Who needs to know what we know? • Would we like to make posters to share our new knowledge?