Writing and reading are at the heart of our Kindergarten curriculum.  Writers workshop is a research-based approach to teaching the process of writing to all students.  Kindergartners will learn techniques for writing narrative, informational, and opinion pieces this year. 

Writers in Kindergarten are learning that:   

   

• ·       Writers plan their writing pieces before sitting down to write.
• ·       Writers use both words and pictures to convey their ideas.
• ·       Writers are never finished writing; they revise or begin a new            piece.
• ·       Writers say words slowly and write down the sounds they hear.
• ·       Writers need partners to support their revision work.

Your child’s first batch of writing from our first writers workshop unit of study will be coming home soon.  Please take time to have your child read each story or teaching book to you.  Ask them about what they are learning in writers workshop and have them explain to you what each of the bullet points above means to them.