These are some expectations that I would explicitly go over in a mini lesson and then I would display them in my classroom.
I will use Writer’s Workshops. This is a great opportunity for students to write creatively and receive immediate feedback on content, style and grammar. I will start by explaining how the students should behave. I would clearly explain the objective of the session. Students must maintain a low level of noise when writing; learn how to properly how to hold a pencil, and where to write on the paper. I will focus my mini-lesson on a specific topic, such as using descriptive words. A mini-lesson is an ideal time to teach grammar concepts. Students need to apply these skills to their writing assignment. After the mini-lesson, students would practice using descriptive words and the grammar rules. As students are writing, I would hold individual conferences with them. I think conferencing is an important time during the workshop, as I will have the opportunity to see the student’s thinking. While I will give them feedback, I will not over emphasize grammar or spelling issues during these private sessions. It is important to let students be creative. Students will have a chance to experience different forms of writing. I will take notes during the conferences to monitor progress. To conclude Writer’s workshop, I would make the class come together for Share time. During share time I would emphasize the skill or strategy and how to use it in their future work.
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Students become better writers as they write more. In order for my students to understand grammar rules, I will create signs with writing rules and hang the signs throughout the room. The signs would reinforce important writing rules and concepts. Some children are visual learners and the signs will help them even more. I will hang up students’ papers to increase their self-esteem and make the point that their work has not gone unnoticed. I want my students to have the opportunity to share their work to parents and administrators. I would setup a writer's café and students would have the opportunity to share their work to family and friends. This will give the students’ work a purpose and make it personal.
At IPS my teacher doe not allow students time for students to write on their own. Although I understand that some of the children are able to write sentences yet. I think it it is important for students to write. I taught a social studies lesson about seasons and they had to write why their favorite season was. After the children wrote sentences I asked my teacher if I could display their work in the hallway. She told me that in order to put them on the wall every single word has to spelled correctly. I just do not understand this concept because they are only in Kindergarten. I think it is important for students for their work to be displayed without always correcting their work.
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