1. Developing Foundational Skills Through
Interactive
Writing

2. What is Interactive Writing?
Teacher and students share the pen.
Students write parts that are within their ZPD. The teacher writes the rest.
Focuses on targeted/intentional foundational skills.

12. Interactive Writing can engage students with…
Composing a message/story that is coherent and clear
Using complex sentences or references
Forming letters
Hearing sounds in words
Constructing words using a variety of strategies
Use a full range of spelling patterns
Using punctuation in simple and complex sentences
Selecting form to fit function
Connects the reading and writing processes

13. Foundational Skills Print Concepts Phonological awareness
Letter Knowledge/Formation
Phonics
High Frequency Words
Vocabulary
Fluency

14. Interactive Writing Materials
Chart paper, blank big books, writing paper (on projector)
White boards and markers
Literacy charts
Phonics tools

15. Planning for Interactive Writing
What kind of text will we make? chart, book, letter, something else?
Number of sessions to work on the text
What will the focus skill(s) be for each session?
Which parts will students write? Which parts will the teacher write?
Britt reads the slide, then have teachers read the hand out. Discuss.
Britt shares her planning process for the video lesson.

16. Planning for Interactive Writing
Study the qualities of the next text level
Craft a piece of writing that mirrors those qualities
While writing, the teacher explicitly and repeatedly names/explains those “next level” traits
Britt reads the slide, then have teachers read the hand out. Discuss.
Britt shares her planning process for the video lesson.

17. Tips for Interactive Writing
Work “on the edge” of students’ understanding about letters/words
Use a combination of demonstrating and prompting techniques
Make “fix-ups” on the spot so that the piece has conventional spelling and mechanics.
Revisit the piece again and again – reading for joy and word study