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Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about

experiences, stories, people, objects and events.Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only.

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Today, we will write1 about an experience.1 to put letters and numbers on paper

CFUWhat are we going to do today?What are we going to write about?What does write mean?

Students, tell your partner about your first day of school.

Activate (or provide) Prior Knowledge

CFU Students, you already know that we can tell stories about things that have happened to us. Today, instead of telling about something that happened to us, we will write about something that happened to us. When we write about something that happened to us, we call that writing about an experience. Today, we will write about an experience.

Today, we are going to write about an experience. We are going to write about an experience.

Write means to put letters and numbers on paper.




Concept Development

An experience is something that happened to you. • When we write about an experience, we write about what happened to us.

Example:

I painted a picture.I used green paint.I won a prize for mypicture.

Non-Example:

CFUWhat is an experience? An experience is ________________________________.What does it mean to write about an experience?Which sentence is an example of an experience? How do you know?

1. I had cake for my birthday. 2. My pants are black.

The sky is blue.The flower is yellow.




Importance

An experience is something that happened to you. It is important to know how to write about an

experience because:1. you can tell someone what happened to you.

I built a tall tower. I used my blocks. I knocked it over. Then, I started building again!

2. it helps you remember things that happened to you.

CFU Does anyone have another reason why it is important to write about an experience? (pair-share) Why is it important to write about an experience? You may give me one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more important to you? Why?

Last year, we went to the beach. We played in the sand. It was fun!




Write about a time you were given a present.

Skill Development/Guided PracticeAn experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience.

Teacher models for Skill Development.

Students create their own for Guided Practice.

CFU How did I know what to draw? How did I know what to write about? How did you know what to draw? How did you know what to write about?

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

One day, my mom gave me a present. It was a necklace.It was very pretty. She gaveit to me for my birthday.

Step #1: Read the experience given.Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience.Step #3: Write about that experience.




Closure1.What is an experience? An experience is_______________.2.Write and draw about an experience below.3.What did you learn today about writing about an experience?


Teacher models first, then students create their own.

Write about a time you lost something.





Independent PracticeAn experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience.


Write about something fun you did this weekend.


Teachers can provide sentence frames if necessary.




Periodic Review 1An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience.


Write about a time you had a celebration.








Write about a time you had to share with someone.








Write about a time you were sad.






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