Writing Workshop Structure
Mini-Lesson: Focused on a skill that good writers do! Here is a list of what's to come: ~Writers get ideas for stories and practice storytelling ~Writers plan stories page by page ~Writers add more details to pictures and stories by re-reading their writing ~Writers hear and record sounds in order ~Writers add dialogue and speech bubbles to make their writing come to life ~ Writers draw and write to show action ~Writers fancy up their writing to share with an audience. Independent writing time: We spend a chunk of time everyday just writing! Students need time to get those stories out and practice connecting the sounds they hear with the letters they have been learning! | Shared-Writing time on the carpet in Ms. Ward's writing folder Once a new skill is introduced, I model it on the carpet with a story of my own. Students practice the skill together by helping me add to my own writing. Here are some pieces we have written together! Time to share! We write to share! We have an authentic audience of classmates who are ready and willing to hear out stories! We try and make time every week to share our writing as a class. This also gives them practice speaking in front of people. |
This week, we will be focusing on the strategy ~ Writers make their writing the best it can be! Students will be publishing a teaching book, which will involve sharing it with their 2nd grade learning buddy!
The goal with Kindergarten writers is to help them get their stories and ideas out of their heads and on paper the best they can using words and pictures! At this point in the year, quantity will lead to quality. If a child is hesitant to write the words, they may still need to work on their letter sounds, which is something you can help with at home.
I will be giving each student a letter chart this week, but if you want one at home feel free to print our ZooPhonics letter chart above as a resource! If they are ready to write and want help at home, help them by stretching out the words they want to write, exaggerating the sound each letter makes. They may not hear all of the sounds, and most likely will not spell the words they write like they are spelled in a book. Don’t worry! That will come later. For now, we want kids to be able to record enough sounds that they are able to look back at the letters they wrote and read their words.
The goal with Kindergarten writers is to help them get their stories and ideas out of their heads and on paper the best they can using words and pictures! At this point in the year, quantity will lead to quality. If a child is hesitant to write the words, they may still need to work on their letter sounds, which is something you can help with at home.
I will be giving each student a letter chart this week, but if you want one at home feel free to print our ZooPhonics letter chart above as a resource! If they are ready to write and want help at home, help them by stretching out the words they want to write, exaggerating the sound each letter makes. They may not hear all of the sounds, and most likely will not spell the words they write like they are spelled in a book. Don’t worry! That will come later. For now, we want kids to be able to record enough sounds that they are able to look back at the letters they wrote and read their words.
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