Writing

We start off most of our days with writing workshop.  Writing workshop starts with a mini-lesson and then we spend the rest of the workshop writing independently, conferencing with a teacher, working with a partner, or sharing with the whole class. 

First we started learning about what writers do and how to get a message across to a reader.  We've learned about writing the sounds we hear, using spaces between words, drawing pictures to help give information, and when to use capital or lower case letters.  One of the most important things we've been working on is reading our writing to see if it makes sense.  

We've learned that writers can write in different ways, too.  We have written both "All About" books and true stories about ourselves.  Currently we're are working on How-To books, and I'm thrilled to be learning all sorts of new things.  Maybe we'll write a how-to book on how to write like a kindergarten student!