Writing

Kindergarten writing is an adventure that involves many things!

Students will learn the basic concepts of print:

* capitals at the beginning of sentences

* thin "spaghetti" spaces between letters in a word

* big fat "meatball" spaces between words

* period at the end of a sentence

* left to right - sweep back and down progression

* writing on a line.

We practice taking basic sight words to form a "sentence stem" such as See my ___________. and then we "write the sounds we hear" to form new words. I tell my students they do not have to spell like adults, rather they should use "Kindergarten Writing" and write phonetically. Once a student gets brave enough to try - they really can write most words and I can read them!! They may be missing a vowel or two, but we don't worry. Writing is fun!

Encourage your child to write at home. Writing suggestions are:

*help write a grocery list

*write names of family members

*label things in a room

*make a card for someone

*write simple sentences.

Good beginning sentence stems are:

I like______.

See the __________.

I go to a __________.

As confidence grows, add color words and describing words to sentences.