Writing

Wow! I am really excited.  There are four people following this blog already.

  We have had a great first few days in Room 9.  Writing is something I am very passionate about and I am thrilled to see some of the great ideas Room 9 people are coming up with already. I encourage you to come in and look at their writing books each day.  They need to be aware that whenever they write - they write for an audience!

In this first early stage of writing we really put a lot of emphasis on making a good picture plan - this is something that will prompt children as to what their next idea will be to record.

Here is a beautiful picture plan that Brooke did this morning (wish Miss Groome could draw this well - look at the caravan and the wave about to splash over Brooke's head!)

The focus after the plan is completed is, at the very early stages to write about one picture from the plan. As children progress they are encouraged to write about 2-3 of the pictures they have drawn.  Key to this is building on words they know just by sight - so they can use these in their writing. The other key to success is  building up confidence to sound out words they do not know.  At the start we just look for starting letters and as their confidence and knowledge grows we ask them to record more sounds from the word (the dominant sounds). If you have any questions please feel free to ask and look forward to some super stories being published in the near future!