Patrick practiced his words that end in sp and st by playing Hangman Jr. He looked up at the board to select his mystery word. I noticed that he was often off by a letter or two. Ex: The word was 5 letters, but he put out 4 spelling blocks, etc. This happened twice. He learned that author's write to persuade, inform, and entertain. As a fun way to recall the author's purpose vocabulary, he memorized the phrase and acronym: Author's love to eat P.I.E. We read an excerpt from Incredible Animals to reinforce the understanding of what informative writing looks and sounds like. We read a selection on alligators, learning unique facts about the animals. Following the reading, Patrick recalled numerous information he learned from reading an informative writing piece. Ex: The alligator keeps its mouth open to allow air to circulate throughout its mouth, cooling it off. It also holds its young in its mouth in the same position, protecting it from predators. He looked through the library and selected books that the author's purpose was to entertain or inform.