Pants january writing center clipart logo
Pants january writing center clipart logo. Four different types of clothes and hats for children to learn how to read the words. I'm surviving my first week back. the kids were really excited and some seem to have blossomed over the two week break. today i thought i'd share this month's writing center with you and the process i use to get my students to generate writing. at a first glance you might think- that's not really all that impressive, but- if you knew what these little ones came in with in august, you would be as amazed as i am. this is my writing center. the white board in the background is for our sight words. this picture was taken in august when the wall was empty. the wall to the right in the second photo, is where i place my monthly vocabulary words. monthly vocabulary words each week during ela center time, i work with a small group of 4-5 students. this week, we are going over winter clothing vocabulary. most of my students are second language learners, so they don't all have the vocabulary for many of the items. this a two-way learning moment. they tell me what it is in spanish, then i tell them what it is in english. after we went over the clothing vocabulary, i asked them to choose one of the times from the cards and that they own and describe it to me. for my very limited students i offered them a sentence frame. once each student has had a chance to tell about their article of clothing, we begin the writing. depending on my students ability, i either have them write it on their own, or use the sentence frame. before they can begin their sentence, they must tell me again what they will be writing. i encourage them to use the word wall of sight words that is behind me at our wiring center. if they have difficulty spelling a word, we work together on finding it on the word wall. if it isn't on the word wall or on the vocabulary wall, then we talk about how we can segment the words to hear the sounds and we practice that too. my ela groups are leveled by ability. this works well for me during writing time, as the students who are more capable tend to want to write more and those who can't, don't feel self conscious about their abilities. once a student has finished their writing, they must read it back to me and then share it with the group. together we look for positives such as
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