We were studying Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin as writers today. I asked the children what they noticed in the writing. The first thing they mentioned was that the story ended in a question mark after the words "the end." They explained that this meant that another animal on the farm might do the same thing the cows, chickens, and ducks had done. The story might not be done. This is a very unique way to use a question mark and they understood that use. I found that very exciting.
They also noticed the repeated lines, the circle story, that it was fiction, and they understood the meaning of several large words from context clues. The kids were really stretching their thinking beyond the way readers are used to interacting with text.
The goal of studies like this is that the children will discover ways to use the skills professional writers use in their own writing. I am excited to see how the students use what they are learning about writing.
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