Writer's Workshop

 Writer's Workshop is an interdisciplinary writing technique which can build students' fluency in writing through continuous, repeated exposure to the process of writing.  In the second grade classroom students learn to write daily through varied activities. In Writer's Workshop, second grade students are exposed to the organization and thought required to create a story or write about a favorite topic and develop it into an understandable narrative with a focus.  Because they are allowed to choose the topic, students are motivated to create and complete works to read to classmates. The Writer's Workshop format includes story planning possibly with peer conferencing, revision, teacher editing, and direct instruction in the mechanics of grammar. In the second grade this teaching technique allows students the opportunity to develop expression, revision strategy and skill in writing.  Second grade students differ from first grade and kindergarten students. They become more aware of the audience they are writing for, and they will put more thought into the topic they choose to write about.  Implementing writer's workshop is so important in creating lifelong learners of readers and writers.

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