One simple way is to let students have show and tell, listen carefully to the news or story they share and then after the students have all finished talking, model the writing process.
Talk about one of the students and the news they shared, draw a picture on chart paper and then show your students how to attempt writing! Model the steps you take:
- thinking about what you will write
- drawing pictures to show your ideas - adding detail, labels etc
- talking about your picture
- deciding on the words to write - for kindergarten, one sentence is enough to start with
- clapping out the words as you say the decided sentence
- writing long dashes or squiggles on your paper to match each word of your sentence
- attacking the sentence one word at a time, stretching it out, isolating the sounds and writing them down in order
- rereading to check for meaning
Use this poster to encourage and support your students when they write. Print it at home (on the paper size that fits through your printer) or take to your local print shop or upload to an online printing service for a giant version!