Pot of Gold Writing

Have a bit of fun writing. 3 paper templates available!

 

~Enjoy

Holly



President's Day Writing

Enjoy!

~Holly

Valentine Freebie!

Free!  Free! Free!

This is a cute gift and writing task for your Kinders!

 

Enjoy!

~Holly

Stentence Starters

Writer's workshop is in full swing. I love how excited my class is about choosing their own topics, the writing process, drawing and creating. 

However, some of my young writers need a bit more encouragement to stretch sounds and write words and sentences.  They need some practice outside of workshop time.

Like you, outside my workshop time I do many things to support writing: arranging cut-up sentences in the pocket chart, modeled & shared writing, and (my favorite) list writing. 

Below you will see an idea I came up with using picture prompts and sentence starters.  The text in the picture may be hard to view, so scroll past the picture for a more readable view.

 

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Sentence starters and picture prompts can be just what your emerging writer’s need to feel successful as they develop skills.

Ideas:

     ·          Make copies of the same sentence starter for every page.

     ·          Only copy one sentence starter and provide blanks for the following pages.

     ·          Provide different sentence starters for each page. 

     ·          Leave it open-ended for students. Provide a selection of sentence strips for them to make their own unique books.

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Enjoy

~Holly

Writing Center Organization ~ List Writing

I love opening the year with list writing.  During morning message (or anytime during the day) I model writing lists.  Sometimes it is to hold an idea, reminder for later... sometimes it is something I can write about in Writer’s Workshop.  I have found that emergent writer’s love list writing too!

Last year I created some list paper and picture card prompts.  I found that I had a few reluctant writers, but with a little nudging or prompting they would partake in list writing.  Of course, the best lists are created by the kids with ideas generated all by themselves… but a little framework around the tasked really helped them take off!

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To keep interest I introduce one new list per month.  Students quickly move to writing their own themed-lists each month.  Some even liked to draw their own picture prompts for others to use!

Think of all the skills they are strengthening when list writing!  ~recording sounds they hear, applying phonics skills they know, generating ideas, categorizing, language… the list is endless!~

I have decided that this year I will make List-Writing a feature in the Writing center.  Since my writing center is housed in an area labeled “Wild about Writing,” of course, I themed my file folder storage using some fun animal print.

I bought these cheap hanging file storage units.  Then I labeled each folder using cute clipart...and voilà!   Here is the latest addition to my Writing/Literacy stations! 

 

 

You can get the monthly labels HERE!

I printed them on 1” x 2 5/8” labels.

 

Find more List Writing HERE:

Now if I could only get into my classroom… and really set up!

Enjoy

~Holly

Check out this super givaway!!! 

Includes a cute teacher bag & many products

from some of your favorite bloggers!

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and some St. Patrick's Day Goodies

...many FREEBIES available!

 

 

Friday Freebie!!!

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Celebrate Reading!

 

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Once you are in my TpT store you can Click on "Download aPreview" for a FREEBIE!

·      Both Black & White and Color versions of each page are included. 

·      Project the color versions on your interactive white board for whole group instruction.

This bundle includes:

·    Genre Graph – keep track of the genres you read. Genre cards for your pocket chart also included.

·       Book Report – both a “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” version.

·       Story Map – Title, Author, Characters, Stetting, and Events

·       Retelling Chart – Sketch and Write.  Two versions: one with transitions word prompts and one without.

·       Response to Literature Journal with prompts:

· I like…

· I learned…

· I wonder…

· It reminds me…

CCSS

RL.K.10. Actively engages in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

 

RL.K.2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

RI.K.6. Name the author and illustrator of a text

W.K.1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book.

 

L.K.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

·         Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun

·         Recognize and name end punctuation.

·         Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

·         Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Cute font freebie by: kindergartenfaith.blogspot.com

 

Enjoy

~Holly

President's Day FREEBIE!!

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Enjoy
~Holly

FREEBIE!

February  List  Writing  

with  Picture  Prompts!!

 

 

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Once you are in my TpT store you can click on the “download  preview” button to get your February/Valentine list writing goodie!

 

 

Enjoy

~Holly

 

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Freebie  for  you!

Valentine Coupon Booklet

An opportunity to write!

Engage students in writing they will love to do!  Have them create a coupon booklet for a special someone or make coupons to give to many friends and family members.

Support social development by encouraging students to make coupons that offer a good deed.

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Enjoy
~Holly

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New Year FREEBIE!

Writing 3 different writing templates for your writer's varying needs.

Patriotic Party theme for your New Year's Celebration.

Consider a community service focus for your little writes to ponder, reflect and commit to in the coming year.



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Enjoy

~Holly

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Winter/Holiday Theme Writing for you!

Little writers need lots of practice writing words using the sounds they hear.  Writing lists provides students the opportunity to practice this skill without the added layers of remembering capitals, spacing and punctuation. …not to mention having to hold a whole sentence worth of words in their memory! 

I find that reluctant writers will spend time on this worthy writing activity!

 

CCSS L.K.2. Students will demonstrate a command of Standard English by spelling words phonetically & drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

List Topics Include:

~Christmas

~I Want

~Artic Animals

~Snowmen

~Winter Clothes

~Baking

~Winter Fun

~The Polar Express

~The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell

~The Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow

 

Also included are idea cards for student who need picture prompts to generate ideas on the topic.

 

(sample idea card shown)

 

 

 

You will also find 8½  x 11 posters for your work area display and signs to label supply containers. (see poster samples below)
 

 

click HERE for List Paper

 

click HERE for Idea Cards

Enjoy!

~Holly