Pre-Writing Strategies

The 2014-15 5th graders are off to a fabulous new school year!  We are beginning our narratives with pre-writing strategies.  As we thought about ways to pre-write, graphic organizers came up in our discussion, leading us to a discussion on when to use specific organizers.  It was a great discussion. Hannah shared her anchor chart below:

Click below for examples on ways to use these strategies:

• Make a list
• Creating an event sequence using a web
• Creating an event sequence using a table to jot notes
• Creating an event sequence using sketching
• Creating an event sequence using stickynotes