Through the sharing of stories we have celebrated how writers take time to write more words. This is challenging and valuable work. Our words are important and we can share them with the world by saying them, writing, building, and reading them.
In the pictures below you will find children using sound power to listen for the letter sounds at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of words they are writing for a label or within a sentence. You will see pictures of children using the environment, such as a book or a sight word library, to help them write a word.
In the pictures below you will see children sharing their words in different ways; with a partner and with their community. It is important to remember that our work hearing sounds, writing, and sharing our words is connected to all of our literacy learning. It is also important to note that there is always a community connection; our community is shaped by the powerful words we use.
This week...
The children used their words to make a "How To Retell" checklist and engaged in a community retell of another beloved Jon Klassen book, This is Not My Hat.
The writers added more words to their true stories with the help of books and sound power.
The builders used words to add labels during academic choice;
It is important to note that information about a child as a developing reader and writer should not be limited to a workshop. For example, if you choose building during academic choice it is expected that you use sticky notes to add a label before the end of choice.
This week, Beckett approached me to let me know that I rang the bell "so soon" and he needed more time to add labels to his block structure. There are so many powerful pieces to this one little moment; Beckett feels comfortable to let a teacher know what he needs in regards to his learning, he is taking initiative and following through with an expected task, he is using sound power to listen for the sounds from the beginning to the end of the word yoga, and he is adding labels to his structure. Every structure has a story, you can help tell your structure's story by adding labels to it! Beckett demonstrated his ability to transfer his phonological skills and awareness into his play with blocks by adding labels; yogu (yoga) and brij (bridge.)
Reid used his words to share his block structure and read us his labels.
The scientists used words to talk with a partner about animals that can be found over or under the snow and why they think that- notice their hands showing over or under! We sorted some of the animals we read about in the book Over and Under the Snow.
Then the children used detail, pictures and words, to show an animal over the snow. Their detailed work now lives in their science journals.
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