Towards the end of Term Two we focussed on writing information reports. We learnt that good information reports have:
* A general opening statement or classification
* A description
* Related information grouped into paragraphs
* Sub headings
* Summary
* Visual text (photos, diagrams, maps etc.)
* Specialised language
* Present tense
* Use third person
* Sentences with one or more facts
To conclude our report writing focus we wrote a report about a fictional alien to share with Mrs Smith and our friends in 5/6CS in Tasmania. As they had been learning about Space, Mrs S suggested we write a report about an alien. We sent them a copy of our reports (without the visual diagram).
Students in 5/6CS recreated our original aliens from the description in our reports. Check out the results in the slideshow below.
5/6CS also gave us valuable feedback on our report writing skills. We sent them a checklist to use about the structure, language and features of our reports. They filled them in and posted them back to us.
Report checklist completed by 5/6CS students
Feedback and advice from 5/6CS
Feedback and advice from 5/6CS
We really enjoyed creating our aliens, writing our reports, sharing them with 5/6CS and reading their feedback. Thank you for working with us Mrs Smith and 5/6CS!