Wednesday, October 28, 2015

A shift in writing


Students have transitioned from writing information books where they were teaching their audience about something to writing stories about their lives.  We follow the same writing process as writers but the content of writing is very different.  When exciting things happen in your life at home or funny situations arise, you could remind your child that those things might be great stories to write about during Writing Workshop.  What should you be looking for in your child's writing?  Speech bubbles, dialogue, actions and true stories.  We will be working on these skills over the next few weeks.  Stay tuned!


Students touch and plan their stories as part of the writing process
Planning across 5 pages


Writers LOVE sharing their stories

I was going to Sylvie's house

We were sleeping Mokey saw a hawk

Here is a visual we use to help us focus on stories that we are part of and that actually happened!