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Kindergarten 2 game spiders on wall4/11/2024 ![]() I can’t tell you every story I modeled for them but I am going to guess that a story about four-wheelers or Minecraft wasn’t wasn’t one of those! By turning it over to the kids and having them choose their writing topics, I saw my kids BLOSSOM and year after year my writers fell in love with writing just like me! This is something that the second above mentioned program did but it was SO hard or me to “buy into” that one because it was just not the level of my kiddos. ![]() At the end of the year my writers were where they needed to be but there was one thing I noticed… not all the kids enjoyed writing like I enjoyed it! I knew that there was something I had to change! After much research and chatting with colleagues I realized that writing is a work of heart! When the kids are inspired and then able to express that into their kindergarten writing… they too will fall in love with writing! What I didn’t realize those first couple of years was that I was writing and modeling stories that were near and dear to ME. One day I would give them a sentence starter. My first couple of years in the classroom I was constantly changing my kindergarten writing approach due to the above mentioned lack luster big box writing program. Sure the program says that the teacher will scaffold by modeling but if the program is too tough for the majority of my class then that means the majority is not receiving the instruction they so deserve. The problem is goes TOO fast and leaves out the majority of my students. That brings me to the opposite end of writing curriculum *cough I’ve shared this program on my own blog before.* I liked this program and it had/has REALLY good parts. However, I’m going to assume that first grade teachers won’t be real happy with me if I only EXPECT my kiddos to color pictures for writing throughout the entire year. ![]() You can dictate the story for them after.” REALLY? I mean yes there will be some kids that start lower and some that still might not get to sentences by the end of kindergarten. The top of the lessons started with ALL YEAR, “Students will draw a picture to tell their story. ![]() There are of course many different writing programs! I was first given the writing lessons from my “big box” curriculum. That brings me to writing instruction and curriculum. All of our students will start at different levels and need different instruction. I finally realized that there is not ONE way to teach writing and if someone tells you that there is only ONE way to do it… then you smile, nod and close your door. Should YOU spell words phonetically when modeling stories and so on! Should you give them a starter? Should you give them a sentence frame? Should they spell words phonetically. Let’s talk writing! Hey friends! I wanted to take a moment (or a few moments) of your time today to visit about all things WRITING! Writing has always been one of my favorite subjects to teach but for sure not the easiest! I mean when you start the year there is SO MUCH to learn… what a pencil is, how to hold a pencil, how to write with a pencil, what to write, how to stretch words, how to put words into sentences and it goes on from there! Sometimes teaching writing can be intimidating because there are SO many varying opinions.
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