Writer's Workshop

Last week we started Writer's Workshop. Writer's Workshop is a time in our day that students are at their seat writing quietly after a mini lesson given by the teacher. Our focus for this particular session was finger spaces between words. Each time we write, there will be a different objective that directly correlates with the mini lesson. As beginning writers, it is important for students to write down sounds they hear in words in order to build confidence. There will be misspellings, and that is perfectly fine. I am most concerned with their ability to identify the sounds and write them as they hear them. The spelling will come with practice. Here is a sample of writing that was done along with our science experiment.