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I’m Done…Now What?How to Create Independence in
Primary Students’ Writing
Robin HowellSecond Grade Teacher
Hendrix Elementary
"Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once as it is like getting water to keep flowing through until it finally runs clear." --Peter Elbow
What Do We Do When We Have Finished A Piece of Writing?Turn and Talk
Writer’s Workshop Mini- LessonWriting Time (Brainstorming, Drawing, Revising and Editing)ConferencingSharing
I’m Done!!!!
What Are Problems In Our Classrooms During the Writing Process? Not wanting to wait for feedbackIllustrate and not writeProcedural ConstraintsHow Writers WorkIs it student centered?Are there goals set?I don’t know what to do or where to startTime on taskMotivationAre they inspired?
Suggestions…
What’s the Difference?Creates Dependence Fosters IndependenceTeacher selects writing
promptsTeacher keeps all
suppliesTeacher helps with
spelling of wordsStudents write during
assigned time and they are done quickly
All students publish at the same time
Students select writing topic
Materials are available to students
Students “write by the sounds they hear”
Students plan their writing and writing continues from one sitting to another
Students publish on individual basisAdapted from No More “I’m Done!” by Jennifer Jacobson
Plan and GatherDecide your goals for your writing for the
yearGather Mentor Texts from all types of genres ( Poems, Notes that come on CD’s, cookbooks, plays, magazines) * Whole Class Studies ---Process and Product ( Needs, Interests, Curriculum Objectives, Motivation to challenge)
SpaceMeeting Area
Conference Area
Writing Center
Management Systems
Publishing Area
Writing Center SuppliesWriting FoldersBlank PaperDate Stamp and Ink PadPencils ( Regular and ColoredAlphabet ChartsScissors and TapeGraphic OrganizersEditor’s ChecklistScrap Paper and supply request forms
Other Possiblities:
Stapler, Pens, Crayons, Sticky Notes, Baby Name Book, Children’s Magazines, Hole Punch, Brad Fasteners
RoutinesMini-Lessons
Foster Independence in the Selection of Writing Topics
Writing TimeConferencing 1. Set Goal 2. Reflect 3. Point 4. Question 5. Teach One Skill
Author’s Chair
What Does This Mean For Your Classroom?
ResourcesJacobson, Jennifer. No More, “I’m Done” . Fostering Independent Writers in the Primary Grades. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, 2010
Ray, Katie Wood. Study Driven: A Framework For Planning Units of Study In The Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2006