Writing

Wow!! Our kinder's writing has really come a long way since the beginning of the year. We have been working very hard on sounding out words, writing all of the sounds we hear, and sentence structure. Once we begin the next unit in Fundations, you will see an even bigger difference in your child's writing.

During our writing block, students do 1 of 3 things:
1. Independently write in their journals (this is a time that they get to take what they learned and apply it in their own writing)
2. Work on writing mini lessons in a small group
3. Participate in whole group interactive writing

Here is a peek into one of our interactive writing lessons:


Before writing, kinders brainstormed and shared everything they know about sentences.
1. Sentences begin with a capital letter.
2. There is a period at the end of a sentence.
3. There are spaces in between words.
4. You need words to make sentences.

I provided our sentence starter, "I love my," and kiddos helped me sound out each word. After modeling, we pair-shared things we love, and kinders had a chance to stretch out their words on the whiteboard.

Some things that we love:
family
mom
dad
sister
cousin
elf

Once we finished our whole group lesson, each student had a chance to independently write about what they love in their writing journals.

At home, encourage your kinder to write, write, write!!