Emerging writers at the Elementary School
A celebration of literacy was recently held in Carleen Parmegiani’s
second-grade class where the students have been learning about
non-fiction writing as part of their English Language Arts curriculum.
Family members, administrators, teachers and other students in the
school stopped by to hear the stories and see the illustrations that the
class members created.
Prior to the event, the students wrote and illustrated their own
fact-based books, choosing a topic that was important to them and
decorating their desks with props to complement their creative works.
These included such diverse interests as dinosaurs, Manhattan, snakes,
Brazil, butterflies and one student’s Ukrainian heritage. The books also
contained an organized table of contents, researched facts, events,
history and even a comments page for guests to sign and thank each
student for sharing their stories and encourage them to continue on
their writing paths.