Hi Ben,
Just sending along a fine first free write:
I gave the topic, some coaching to the class on how to keep it simple…we had our lists of connecting words and our running list of action words from September…and ten minutes. This boy really stuck to what he knows and didn’t resort to English or sentence structure that would be too challenging! I will also add this to CI Liftoff.
This never would happen with my themed units last year.
Regards,
Julie