Writer's Workshop

Your child will be bringing home a collection of writings that have been created over the last two months.  Some are completed, some are drafts, while others are pieces that have just been started.  Enjoy looking at the growth over time - perhaps you could sort the papers according to the date it was written.  You and your child will be impressed at how far they've come.  

Over the next few weeks in writer's workshop we will begin work on creating small moments. We are learning about what a small moment is and how to choose something to write based on the "million small moments" that happen to us during the day. We are beginning to understand that writers can write about anything and that it does not have to always be about a big trip or outing!  The students are starting to realize that they can create an entire story out of something that at first seems so small!  We have been looking closely at how Ezra Jack Keats has done this in parts of his story, The Snowy Day.  We are beginning to practice how to plan out our stories by telling a partner our story before even beginning to write.  We are planning a beginning, middle, and an end across three pages.  Students are excited to begin work in 'booklets' this week.

Check out the planning done - with just a finger and words - before even getting started!