Write to Inform

Write informative/explanatory texts that name a topic, supply facts, and provide a sense of closure.

How the lesson starts: Write to Inform

Tula's fact page
Hi friend! Meet Tula the turtle. Tula loves facts. A fact is something true we can learn. Tula writes to teach her friends. Every fact page starts by naming the topic!
Name the topic
A topic sentence tells what the whole page is about. Owls are amazing birds. Yes! Owls hunt at night. That is just one fact. It is sunny today? Not about owls!
Let's find the topic sentence
Tula's facts say, frogs can jump far. Frogs live near ponds. Baby frogs are called tadpoles. What are they all about? Frogs! Bees are helpful? Wrong animal. My shoes are blue? Not about frogs. Frogs are amazing animals. That names the topic!