Reader's and Writer's Notebook Tips

Hi everyone,

If you have writer's block when trying to use your Reader's and Writer's notebook you may like to take an idea from the list below.

• Draw the characters in your book
 
• List the connections you can find between the story and your own life or other stories you have read.
 
• Give your book a rating
 
• List some of the new words you have learnt from your book
 
• List some of the really juicy descriptive words that you might be able to use in your own writing
 
• List some of the words with the letter patterns you have been learning in class (like double letters)
 
• Do a Colour, Symbol, Image like you did with Janette for the Aboriginal music - write a colour that your book makes you think of, create a symbol that represents the book and draw an image. You could do this for a piece of music that you hear at home too or a poem that you read.
 
• Write a review of the book you have read. A Review involves a summary of the story, and some of the positives and negatives of the book and perhaps how it could be improved or your favourite part.
 
• Write about the home learning you are doing (like what you have learnt in your music lessons or sport lessons or what learning you are doing with your family).
 
• Write a story
 
• Write how you felt /reacted to the story or the part of the story you read:
• "I was surprised when ..."
• "I didn't like/I liked it when... because..."
• "I was disappointed that/when..."

Please make sure you read EVERY DAY because we become better readers by practicing and we become better writers by reading more!