Valentine's -Friendship- Themed Writing

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Valentine's -Friendship- Themed Writing
By sarahz1916

We read Margaret Wise Brown's The Important Book, which a sweet, touching story that follows the same pattern on each page as it describes something small in daily life. For example,
"The important thing about snow is
it ______.
It ________________, It __________,It _______________,
but the important thing about snow is it __________."
You repeat the beginning important quality in the ending line.

I then assign each student a secret friend from our classroom to write about after modeling with a favorite teacher from our school, and we go through the writing process to write our own Important

Book. We brainstorm adjectives, rough draft, edit, and publish. We then share them with the class. Each child is so excited to share what he/she has written and see what someone wrote about them! We also display them in the hallway. It is so heartwarming!!!