While searching my delicious account I found an interesting article about an approach to writing called the "sandwich". Since I would love to teach 3rd grade it caught my attention. When focusing on putting together a paragrah you can demo a sandwich to your students.
First bread= topic sentence (intro)
Lettuce, Meat, Tomato- the different supporting sentences
Second bread= conclusion
I thought this was an interesting analogy that I haven't seen before. The kids might get a kick out of it. Also you could cut out sandwich pieces with lined paper for them to begin writing :) Just an idea!
Cute idea ! :)
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