One of my favorite things to teach is writing. This week, following our no-snow event, we made the most of it and created our own snow-worlds. After reading The Snowy Day and Snow Music- 2 of my all time favorite winter books- we brainstormed a list of fun things to do in the snow. Modeling my thought process, I settled on an idea for my story and began to write it using the Smart Board. It was my first time dropping the dry erase marker to draw, but it turned out great!
When I write with preschoolers we begin with the idea of setting- where the story happens. We work together to show our readers where the story happens through our drawings and strong details.
Next we think about our characters. We draw them in.
Then we connect our setting and characters to form the plot of our story.
At this point in the year most of our kids are hearing beginning sounds and writing them to form the words of their story. Some are using beginning and ending sounds. Some are writing phonetically, throwing in popcorn words, and exploring with punctuation.
No matter where they are on the writing continuum, each child finished the day with a beautifully written story of a day in their very own snow-globe.
Look closely at this work. You will see a bare tree catching silent snowflakes as they dance to the ground. There is a sweet girl to the right building a snowman! Just below is her story. The smile on her face is the result of hard work and a demonstration of the pride she felt!
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