One of the students' favorite subjects is Writer's Workshop. We are Writer's Workshop stars! Our class has been observed many times by everyone from Mr. Gordon and Ms. Nelson to Central Office staff, academic coaches from several schools, and even an America's Choice expert! We've gotten lots of praise and positive feedback for the way we conduct our workshop.
Mrs. Jones is so proud of the class - and the students should be so proud of themselves - because carrying out the workshop model to this extent can be a challenge in Kindergarten, but our class rises to the occasion! Our students can state the Georgia Performance Standard in their own words, identify the genre and purpose of their writing piece, and implement many effective writing strategies. We're even creating our own assessment rubrics as a class - that's wonderful!
One of the best things about our workshop is our closing. Each day, several students who did a great job of exemplifying the focus GPS element during worktime are chosen to share. The rest of the students listen to the writing, and then they provide feedback. The student-led feedback session includes many compliments for our chosen authors as well as next steps that they could work on the following day. It is incredible to hear kindergartners giving each other's work such compliments and suggestions for improvement!
Here are some pictures from a recent share time in Writer's Workshop. Janie is in the Share Chair, reading a selection from her personal realistic narrative. She wrote about the time she and her sister got their portraits taken outside.
Here, Ethan reads the latest exciting installment from his fictional narrative, The Great Bear Chase!
Finally, the students give Quinten feedback on his personal realistic narrative. He wrote a suspenseful tale about a time when his little sister was being naughty!
We're kindergarten authors in Writer's Workshop!
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