Carrie and all- I am a kindergarten teacher, but I started writer's workshop the second week of school. I start my writer's workshop with a 15 minute minilesson. The students are gathered on the carpet and I model a specific writing skill in front of them on a dry erase easel. Some of the minilessons include: The picture must match the words. Where do I start when I write? Stretching out words to hear beginning sounds. Two finger spaces between words. What do I do if I finish early? ...and many more! After the minilesson students return to their tables to practice the skill in their writing journals. This takes approximately 25-30 minutes because they are kindergartners. During their worktime I conference with them as they finish. They raise their hand to conference with me. I also do drop-in conferencing at this time. Later in the year I will teach them how to conference with me away from the group. During the conferences we talk about how it is going today in practicing the target skill taught in the minilesson. After all students are finished, and I have transcribed their writing to look like "book writing" we have some time to share what we have written. Since you are looking for first or second grade advice, I am guessing that you may be having your kids working on the steps of the writing process (first draft, editing, revising, etc.) I apologize that I don't have more advice or suggestions for this. Hopefully some of this was helpful! Make it a great day! Melinda Morella Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher Danz School/Early Learning Center Green Bay Area Public Schools (920) 272-7088 ELC
>>> "Carrie Cahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/25/2008 10:22 AM >>> I'm wondering if the 1st and 2nd grade teachers out there can please share how they run their writer's workshop - especially at this time during the school year? Carrie _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
