Inquiry Focus:
Could I use the same DMIC prompts to help shift my target group to become independent writers.
Step 1. Learning levels of children and what their next steps are.
Step 2. Create target group
Step 3. Scaffolds
Step 4. Hypothesis strategy that I will use.
Step 5. Interesting writing activities for students to do when they are not with me.
Step 6. Teach students what to do when they get stuck so they are not roaming the classroom.
After 11 years of teaching the one subject that always brings about the most groans is Writing. Kids just seem to hate writing.
I believe for many kids who I teach they are not having enough personal experiences to write about. As the old saying goes, when your stuck write about something you know, have experienced, or a place you have travelled to. When these experiences don't happen and you stay home every weekend, its super hard to get revved up when the teacher says, "Lets all write a recount on our weekend"
So every Monday morning I will be giving my students an experience to write about.
Last week we went to the playground and just had some fun climbing the ladder, swinging on the ropes and playing on the monkey bars.
We came back to class and had a great discussion about what we had just experienced. Using our writing cards we all managed to form some simple sentences together. I gifted them a few words which were written up on the white board.
Below is a sample of a student who is capable but so far in the last 4 weeks has not produced one full sentence.
I have a long way to go but I hoping by providing these kids with some fun and interesting activities I will get them wanting to write.
