Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Who Let the Writing Out?

I bet you are singing in your head..."Who Let the Dogs Out?"...right now!  I wanted to share with you a little way we quickly review what good writers do in their journals before we start writing.  I will call on students to draw a card out of the bag and then he/she will say out loud to their friends what they need to remember to do in their sentence by looking at the clue on the card.




The bag I am using is from Katie & Co.  Have you ever seen them at a conference before?  I just LOVE using their products in my classroom.   Katie & Co. is a site devoted to fun learning activities and tools for your classroom.  She uses a lot of flannel board, puppets. and songs!   Click {here} to go to their website and check out their products!

Here is an example of one of the activities I bought last year. 
Have you been to Joyful Learning in KC: a blog for kindergarten teachers yet?  Thanks to Chalk Talk I have found another great blog with amazing ideas.  Joyful Learning recently posted about Writers Workshop in her classroom.  As a class they made a chart about what they "used to do" in writing and what "we do now" in writing. 
Picture from Joyful Learning in KC

I cannot wait to do this with my kiddos in the classroom.  This is another great way for me to show them how proud I am of their writing!   Click {right here} to go to her writers workshop post and more! 

Click {here} to download writing reminder pictures!

Thanks, Amber

10 comments:

  1. Hi Amber! This is a great idea! Could you explain the "truck" card?
    Thanks so much!

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  2. Thanks Christine...The "truck" card is representing that the picture matches the word or sentence. Hope this helps!

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  3. Hi Amber! Would you take just a minute and explain all of the cards? I want to make sure I have the right idea for all of them. Thanks!

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  4. ! . ? ~ Ending Marks

    Finger pointing ~ Spaces between words

    Star with the word said ~ Remember to write your Star/Sight Words correctly. Use the word wall or Dilly Dally Dictionary.

    Snake ~ Stretch out your words

    ABC ~ Use a Capital letter at the beginning of your sentence.

    Truck (picture & word) ~ Make sure your picture matches your sentence.

    Hope this helps!

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  5. These are just wonderful! Thank you for sharing. :)

    Erica

    Sprinkles to Kindergarten

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  6. Thanks Amber for the great advertisement! I love my job! It is so much fun coming up with the activities. I love your blog site. Thanks again.
    Happy Kindergarten Days! Julie Torkelson

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  7. This is a GREAT idea! I will definitely use these cards for my youngest writers. Thanks for the share!

    Lori
    Teaching With Love and Laughter

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  8. I love these cards. Fantastic idea. I am your newest follower!

    Ashley
    Live2Learn

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  9. These are wonderful!

    Thank you for sharing you awesome creativity! =)

    Heather
    Heather's Heart

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  10. Thanks for your lovely cards.For sure they will be hepful to muy young writers.
    EG

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