Our writers continue to make progress during Writing Workshop! I love these two photos...the classroom shot shows the peaceful nature of this time of our day. If you could hear it, you'd hear low voices and sometimes quiet music. We are working on sustaining our stamina during writing time--at this point in kindergarten, students should be able to write for 20 minutes. That includes creating illustrations to match the story and writing the words the best they can. We are working on consistently writing sight words correctly in our pieces.
We have recently been creating pattern books much like the books students are reading during Reading Workshop. For Valentine's Day, students have created a "Love" pattern book using the repeated pattern, "I love ________." This is not the type of writing we usually focus on, but it has been helpful to building student confidence in their ability to write real words and reinforcing understanding of correct word spacing and punctuation.
We have recently been creating pattern books much like the books students are reading during Reading Workshop. For Valentine's Day, students have created a "Love" pattern book using the repeated pattern, "I love ________." This is not the type of writing we usually focus on, but it has been helpful to building student confidence in their ability to write real words and reinforcing understanding of correct word spacing and punctuation.