Writer's Workshop

 

The Writing Workshop, similar to the Reading Workshop, is a method of teaching writing using a workshop method.  Students are given opportunities to write in a variety of genres and helps foster a love of writing.  The Writing Workshop allows me to meet the needs of students by differentiating their instruction and gearing instruction based on information gathered throughout the workshop.

Through writer's workshop, the students experience and practice all the stages involved in the writing process. At the beginning of our writer's workshop, I will use a mini-lesson that targets a specific writing skill. Following the mini-lesson, the students will be given independent writing time. During this time, I will be holding writing conferences to discuss writing with small groups of children and/or individual students. Sometimes the students will participate in a sharing session. During share time, several students share a piece of writing while all others listen. The students are taught to carefully listen to each author and give appropriate feedback. Here are the areas in which we will work on throughout the school year. 

* IDEAS	* ORGANIZATION	VOICE
WORD CHOICE	SENTENCE FLUENCY	CONVENTIONS