Kindergarten students at Mill Pond School have been studying informational writing and sharing their expertise through writing how-to books.
Students chose topics where they were experts, and strived to plan the steps necessary to teach someone else how to do something such as play a sport or hobby, make something, perform a routine, or try something new.
To revise, students acted out the steps to see if the directions were detailed enough to be carried out by the reader.
Informational Style
How to Play Basketball
by Wyatt Oliver
You get a ball to make it go in the basket. Then you get your shoes and basketball.
Next you try to make the ball go in the basket. Then you take a break on the bench for 30 seconds. It is fun. Try it.
How to Go on a Hike
by Ellie Moore
Dress warm because it can be cold. Stay with a grown-up.
Watch out for dangerous animals like bears! Try not to trip.
And you’re hiking!
How to Ride a Bike
by Sara Daly
Get your bike and your helmet. Get on your bike. Hang onto the handlebars.
Put one foot on the ground and the other foot on the pedal.
Push off with your foot.
Start pedaling and steer. Now you are riding your bike!
How to Teach a Dog to Shake
By Maya Haskell
Give the dog a bath so the dog has clean paws. Dry the dog with a towel.
Tell the dog to sit. Put your hand out and say, “Put your paw on my hand.”
Then shake with your dog.
Say, “Good boy!”
How to Feed Cows
by Ben Porter
First to feed cows you have to get grain into a pail. Walk to the pen with the grain.
You throw the grain into the troth. They eat it. Then you give them water.
How to Make
a Valentine Card
by Mariah Silliboy
Get a piece of paper and fold it in half. Get a pen and draw a heart on the front.
Get glitter and glue. Put the glue on the heart. Put the glitter on the heart.
Shake off the extra glitter. Write a note and your name on the card.
Put the Valentine in an envelope. Put the person’s name and address on the envelope.
Put a stamp on the envelope. Mail the Valentine card.
Narrative Writing
Playing in the Snow
by Tristan London
I played in the snow with my brother. We built a snowman and a snow bear.
Next we slid down and down and down the hill until we reached the bottom.
Then we went ice skating.
The Seed Planting
by Lyndsay Little
I know how to plant grass in the front of our house. My mom was raking and I was planting the grass.
When my dad went to get the seeds, my mom was raking and I saw the seed planter.
I used the seed planter and I pushed it to plant the seeds. I really know how to plant grass in the front of our house.
The Deer
by Cyran Ciarleglio
I saw a deer when I was playing soccer. Then it started raining.
I went inside the house to put on my rain jacket. It started to downpour so the deer ran off into the woods.
I jumped in the mud puddles and then fell in the mud. Then I went into the house.
One Day My Family Planted A Garden
by Kennady Wright
One day my family planted a garden. First we put seeds in the garden.
Next we watered the seeds. We waited for them to grow. We were waiting to eat them.
When they were ready we put them into the basket. We washed them. We ate them for supper. They were yummy.
