This week we focused on organization in both reading and writing. Students practiced retelling stories with beginning, middle and end (with details!). Some of the books we read include:  Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey and Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett During Writer's Workshop we focused on writing a story with a beginning, middle, end and what the characteristics of each are. On Monday we used a graphic organizer to plan our story that we would write during the week. On Tuesday we ONLY wrote the beginning of our story and shared it with our shoulder partners. On Wednesday, we added the middle of our story and we wrote our ending on Thursday. My kiddos helped me create this anchor chart as the week progressed (Tuesday- Thursday) and I was pretty impressed with their thinking. I have seen some great ideas on Pinterest to help students identify common language that writers use at various points in their stories. I can not wait to expand our learning next week using some of those ideas! How do you teach beginning, middle and end to your students?