Writing Workshop Mini Lesson

Writing Workshop Mini Lesson

Connect

We have been learning the different letter-sounds for all the alphabetic letters. We are all well acquainted with the sounds of each letter. We now want to embark on word spelling. We will incorporate prior knowledge of letter-sounds to help us in correct word spellings. In this class, we will be spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, for words such as cat, dog, hat, mat, and pan. I will provide some illustrations on how we will apply the previous knowledge to effectively accomplish the objective of our class.

Teach

The word I have written on the whiteboard is “cat.” Let us read the word together. The students will reread the word three times. The word “cat” has three letter sounds: /c/, /a/, /t/. Let us read the sounds in the word. The students will read each letter sound in the word. Now, let us identify all the sounds in the word “dog,” which are /d/, /o/, and /g/. The teacher will provide numerous illustrations on how to break down letter sounds in CVC words.

Active Engagement

Students will participate in the class activity, where, as a class, they will tell the teacher the sounds in each word she writes on the whiteboard. After attempting several examples, the teacher will select students randomly to walk to the whiteboard and identify the sounds in a word individually. Students will then group listed words with similar vowel sounds, such as hat, mat, and rat in one category, and hut, cup, and dug in another group.

Link

Today, we have learned how to identify letter sounds in consonant-vowel-consonant words. The skills acquired will be essential in all your future spelling exercises. Later, we will employ the same strategy in identifying and spelling CCVC and CVCC words.

Reference

Endarwati, E., Anwar, K., & Maruf, N. (2023). Exploring the challenges faced by teachers in teaching writing skills and how anchor charts can address them. English Review: Journal of English Education, 11(3), 629–640. https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v11i3.8421

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Writing Workshop Mini Lesson

Purpose
• Anchor charts build a culture of literacy in the classroom, as teachers and students make thinking visible by recording content, strategies, processes, cues, and guidelines during the learning process.
• Posting anchor charts keeps relevant and current learning accessible to students to remind them of prior learning and to enable them to make connections as new learning happens. • Students refer to the charts and use them as tools as they answer questions, expand ideas, or contribute to discussions and problem-solving in class.

Writing Workshop Mini Lesson

Quality
• Anchor charts contain only the most relevant or important information so as not to confuse students.
• Post only those charts that reflect current learning and avoid distracting clutter-hang charts on clothes lines or set-up in distinct places of the room; rotate charts that are displayed to reflect most useful content.
• Charts should be neat and organized, with simple icons and graphics to enhance their usefulness (avoid distracting, irrelevant details and stray marks).
• Organization should support ease of understanding and be accordingly varied based on purpose.

Instructions
Create a visual presentation explaining the mini lesson you created in part 1. You will also create an anchor chart/poster to be used for the lesson. You must voice over Google Slides, PowerPoint, or create a full view video. Remember to follow the minutes required in part 1.
• Explain in details why you chose to do that anchor chart.
• Why did you choose the links?
• Explain what other anchor charts can you add.

Create Mini-lesson for kindergarten
• Look at the site below that pulls out the writing TEKS for kindergarten. (There are no TEKS for pre-kinder.) • TEKS Snapshot – Kindergarten Writing
Pick one of the TEKS that pertains to writing.
Pick a skill (like those we researched when we talked about the mechanics of writing.)
• Create a mini-lesson for direct teaching this skill as part of a Writers’ workshop.
• Include an image of your anchor chart and any papers or materials you will use.
Submission type:
PDF, document, or text file (Note: Utilize the
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Grading: 100 Points Total