Welcome to the Wonderful World of Writer's Workshop...

     

 Wow! Teddy look at the authors craft...

                                  

            

What is Writer's Workshop?

  • Writing Workshop creates an environment where students can acquire writing skills, along with fluency, confidence, and the desire to see themselves as writers.

  • We want to create an environment where students of varying abilities can coexist side by side and learn from one another.

  • A block of time during the day that is devoted primarily to writing.

  • During this time of the day the children explore a variety of ways in which authors write (author's craft of writing.

 

 

 

How does it work?

  • Each day begins with a mini-lesson addressing a particular skill or area of study.  During this portion of writer's workshop, the teacher models the skill, authors craft etc.

  • Next, the children are then asked to apply the skill taught into their own writing.

  • Last, the class comes together for sharing time.  At this point the a couple of children are chosen to share their pieces with the rest of the class.  This allows us to discuss what worked and what needs a little more work.

  • A block of time during the day that is devoted primarily to writing.

  • During this time of the day the children explore a variety of ways in which authors write (author's craft of writing.

 

 

 

What Kinds of Skills and Studies are Taught?

 

Skills:

  1. Upper case letters

  2. Lower case letters

  3. Punctuation

  4. Sentence structure

  5. Action words

  6. Describing words

  7. Compound words 

  8. Contractions

 

Studies:

  1. ABC books/ Number books

  2. List books

  3. Letter writing

  4.   Fairytales

  5. Nonfiction studies

  6. Poetry

  7. Punctuation study

  8. Genre' study

  9. Picture books

  10. How-to-stories

 

 

  What is the Writing Process?

The Writing process consists of seven easy steps.  We use the writing process to teach the children how to edit their own papers and what types of corrections to make. 

  The first step is the First Best Work or the Sloppy Copy.  At this step, the children brainstorm their ideas onto a graphic organizers and begin writing their first draft.

  The second step is the Proofreading step.  At this point  the children have to fill out a checklist about their writing in order to move to the next step. Here is what the proofreading checklist consists of...

  The third step is Meet with Ms. Brescia.  At this step, the children sit down with the teacher and go over their proofreading checklist to make sure they corrected their errors.  We also reread the writing together to see if their is anything we could add or omit from their writing.

  The fourth step is the Neat Sheet.  On this step, the children rewrite their work with corrected errors.

  The last and final step is Published Work.  At this step, the children hand in their finished work.