WRITING

The Writing Workshop in Kindergarten:  The students have journals which they will write in everyday.

The following steps are involved in the workshop:

1.  The child draws a picture.
2.  The child explains his/her 
      picture to the teacher.
3.  The child and teacher sound out 
      the words to form  
      a sentence/story about the 
      picture.
4.  What the child writes on his/her 
      journal is called "child 
      writing"  and is their 
       independent practice.
5.  The teacher goes over the story
      with the child showing them
      what sounds they heard and 
      which ones they are missing.  
     Adult writing is the guided 
     practice and corrections. 
6.  Mini-lessons (blends, ending 
      sounds, letter formation etc.) 
      are taught throughout the 
      writing session.
* At the end of the year, the students publish their own books