We have been practicing how to incorporate much more detail into our writing. We learned about a "snowman 1" (no detail), a "snowman 2" (a little bit of detail), a "snowman 3" (plenty of details) sentence, and a "snowman 4" (LOTS of details) sentence. As I read the sentences to the students, they drew only what they heard. We all agreed that the snowman 4 drawing was a much more interesting, colorful, creative snowman, and that is due to the awesome amount of detail that writer gave us. Everyone got to create their own snowman 4. They include a lot of detail in their snowmen, and then they wrote about it. They even challenged themselves to write snowman 5, 6, and 7 sentences! We all agreed that the more detail, the better! Wonderful job, everyone!
Below, students are using lots of different craft materials to create their "snowman 4". They loved it! Just like snowflakes... no two snowmen were alike. I loved seeing their creativity come through with this project :). See the finished snowmen products below, however, we are still working on completing the detail sentences!