Writing Workshop 28th February 2017
Previous Workshop Reminders …
Workshop Objectives To show you how we teach your children the early stages of writing. To provide you with information and resources to help you support your child’s writing at home. To give you the opportunity to put some of these strategies into practise through various activities.
Phonics- Writing ‘green’ words Blending sounds to read words e.g. c-oa-t coat Segmenting words to write them e.g. coat c-oa-t We teach the sound not the letter name!
Digraphs- 2 letters make 1 sound Trigraphs- 3 letters make 1 sound ‘Special friends’ Look for them in words Practise writing them in words
Sounding out to write words Write the word to match the picture!
Phonics- Writing ‘red’ words ‘Red’ words are ‘tricky’ words. They cannot be sounded out! Children must learn them from memory. Practise, practise, practise!
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Phonics- Writing sentences Use a sentence toolkit!
Simple sentences to match a picture- must be able to ‘hold a sentence’
Activity Time! Post-it note activity (altogether) Writing for a purpose Shopping lists Rules for games Weekend news/ diaries Secret messages Writing letters Drawing and labelling maps Writing stories
Next Workshop… Parent into class session Monday 20th March Bug Club focus