Report Writing

Over the past few days we have been learning about how to write a report.  We have looked at different types of reports, talked about what makes a good report, and identified what is missing in a report.  We created some anchor charts for us to use when we write our own reports.

First, we talked about the specifics of a report (the purpose, how it's organized, what some language features are, and where we have seen one before).

Using our R.A.F.T. We came up with different topics that we could write about, and what audience would be appropriate for the topics:

Using a report that someone had written we were able to identify the different pieces of a report.  We highlighted them, and also critiqued a report by giving it some stars and wishes:

Our next lesson was on co-creating success criteria to help us remember what goes into a good report.  We will all have copy of this at our desks to help us as we work through the writing process.

Grade 3 students have already written reports on a community in Ontario and will now get to write a report of their choosing.

Grade 4 students will begin to write a report on a specific aspect of an Early Society (e.g., What the day in the life of an Ancient Roman Gladiator was like).

Happy Writing

Ms. Pike :)