As your child’s teacher, it’s important to identify reasonable writing goals for kindergarten. If you use writers’ workshop you’ll discover there are plenty of reasonable writing goals for kindergarten. Writers’ workshop puts children in charge of their writing. You teach them developmentally appropriate writing skills and strategies to build a good foundation, helping them gain […]
Interactive Writing: Sharing the Pen to Teach Writing
Interactive writing, or “sharing the pen,” is a strategy to teach writing to young children. Imagine you want your six-year-old to express gratefulness, so you set a stack of blank cards in front of her and ask her to write thank you notes for her birthday gifts. What do you think will happen? Young writers […]
