A Step-by-Step Plan for Starting Interactive Writing in Grade One WEEK ONE

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1 A Step-by-Step Plan for Starting Interactive Writing in Grade One Prior to the first week, gather materials and select two or three books to read aloud to children. Read a predictable pattern book such as I Went Walking and related books about journeys or maps like Rosie s Walk, Mouse Views, or The Gingerbread Boy. Select one book that is a poem or song. Select a predictable pattern book and a story related to a science or social studies topic (for example, fall or families ). Gather assessment information on children from the kindergarten teacher or student placement sheets, cumulative folders, etc. WEEK ONE DAY 1 Read Aloud: Read selected books aloud to the children at several different times in the day. Shared Reading: Engage the children in the shared reading of nursery rhyme charts or other songs, rhymes that children have experienced in the kindergarten or that will be very easy for them. Read the ABC chart. Interactive Writing: Model independent writing for children on the easel. Have children (at their individual seats) draw a picture and write their names. Observe and comment on each child s piece. Share one or two examples. Teach Routines: Model and practice routines for using writing materials and then putting them away. Practice routines for coming to the group area, sitting, and looking at the easel. Develop routines for independent reading by modeling how to: choose a book. read (look at) every page from front to back, turning pages. put the book away when you are finished. Have children read books. Comment on their performance.

2 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 Read Aloud: Reread selected books aloud to the children. Add a new book or rhyme. Reread a predictable pattern book and add one book like it. Shared Reading: Read poem charts, the name chart, and the ABC chart. Interactive Writing: Write class rules how we work together (For example, We do out best work. We take good care of materials. We speak with inside voices. ) Independent Writing: Model independent writing for children on the easel. Have children draw a picture of themselves. Observe and comment on writing. Teach Routines: Model and practice routines for using writing materials, putting them away, and placing written products in a designated place. Model and practice routines for sharing written products. Show children how to use the name puzzle. Read Aloud: Continue to read to children. Reread favorites and add new books. Add one more book like the original predictable pattern books. Shared Reading: Read class rules, the name chart, and the ABC chart. Interactive Writing: Start big book about the class (Here is [name]. ) Independent Writing: Continue independent drawing/writing. Teach Routines: Model and practice previously taught routines that are not fully established. Practice the name puzzle with first and last names. Read Aloud: Continue to read to children and reread favorites. Invite children to join in on refrains. Discuss books that are related (like the map books). Add a new book (like The Gingerbread Boy). Shared Reading: Read nursery rhyme charts, class rules, and the name chart. Interactive Writing: Finish the big book about the class and reread it.

3 Independent Writing and Reading: Continue independent writing and drawing. Share some examples. Continue independent reading. Teach Routines: Model and practice routines for using one center or independent activity. Have one group practice while the rest of the children are writing or engaging in independent reading. Model and practice routines for reading print on the walls and the big book about the class. Do the name puzzle first and last names. DAY 5 Read Aloud: Reread selected books aloud to the children. Create a display of books you are reading aloud so that children can find them during independent reading time. Add a poem, written on chart paper. Shared Reading: Read the poem to children several times and invite them to read along. Read the name chart and the big book about the class. Interactive Writing: Combine art and retelling of a nursery rhyme (For example, make Old Mother Hubbard s Cupboard and label ingredients. Add last names to the name on the chart). Share examples. Teach Routines: Model and practice routines for using one more center or independent activity. Do the name puzzle first and last names.

4 Week Two DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 Read Aloud: Reread books previously read. Shared Reading: Read nursery rhymes, the name chart, ABC chart, and the nursery rhyme completed with interactive writing. Interactive Writing: Tour the school or walk around the block. Decide on the format for interactive writing a big book or map. Together make a list of what the children saw on the walk. Sign up to illustrate items on the list. Independent Writing: Have children draw a picture and write about themselves. Teach Routines: Practice using centers. Do the name puzzle first and last names. Put the name puzzle together without a model. Read Aloud: reread selected favorites to children. Add a new book. Shared Reading: Read nursery rhymes, the name chart, ABC chart, and a nursery rhyme. Interactive Writing: Read the list. Work on illustrations and then place them on the map or on pages of the bug book. Label the map or write two pages of the big book (For example, We went walking. We saw. ) Independent Writing: Continue drawing/writing and conferring with individuals. Teach Routines: Practice using centers and put out the name puzzle without a model. Shared Reading: Read nursery rhymes, the name chart, and previous interactive writing. Interactive Writing: Begin writing sentences to place on the wall map We saw or write several more pages of the big book. Teach Routines: Complete the name puzzle as needed. Begin to teach routines for using the word study center.

5 DAY 9 DAY 10 Shared Reading: read nursery rhymes, the name chart, ABC chart, big book about the class, and pages of the new book under construction (or wall map). Interactive Writing: Finish sentences for wall map or big book. Teach Routines: Add a mini-lesson on letter sorting. Model and practice routines for using the ABC or word study center to engage in letter sorting; emphasize putting letters away. Shared Reading: read nursery rhymes, the name chart, ABC chart, big books, and wall map. Interactive Writing: Select another book (for example, a folktale like The Gingerbread Man ) and discuss it. Together decide on a format for writing an original story related to the tale. For example, children might start with a list of people the Gingerbread Man ran away from and write their own version. Teach Routines: Conduct a mini-lesson on letters; use sorting. Model and practice routines for using the ABC or word study center to engage in letter sorting; emphasize putting letters away. Share what the children have discovered about letters. WEEKS THREE and FOUR DAYS Interactive Writing: Continue working on the folktale you You have selected. Make illustrations and write sentences about each event.