Being a Writer in Kindergarten

I Can...Write!

This week we learned that we are all writers. We are beginning to  explore many different ways writers get their ideas. Today we learned that writers write about things that they can do. We thought about all the things that we can do and shared it with the class. We drew a picture and wrote a sentence to match the picture. At first, most of us were afraid to write because we didn't know where to begin, how to spell, or what to write. We overcame our fears when we learned that it was okay to use just the sounds we hear (beginning, middle, end)  to write our words (inventive spelling). Our word wall with the sight words helped a lot too! We learned a strategy called "Sound it out owl". It's when we get our mouth ready for the sounds to help us spell. It's also a strategy we use when we read.

Our first reading and writing strategy!

Look how she sounded out her words to spell!

P.S. I found an awesome website that generates handwriting worksheets! You can have your child practice writing any word or sentence you make for him/her. Just go to www.handwritingworksheets.com