Reading for the Love of It 2009 Conference Toronto Feb 12 &13, 2009 Faye Brownlie

1. All Kids Writing – Yes It Is Possible!
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Reading for the Love of It
Feb. 12 13, 2009
Faye Brownlie
fayebrownlie@shaw.ca

2. Managing the Workshop
• Work with large chunks of time
• Teach one specific criteria at a time, over time
• Model, model, model
• Focus on pre-writing
• Coach students as they are writing
• Goal-set with students
• Increase your silent writing time

3. Model
Guided practice
Independent practice
Independent application
Pearson Gallagher (1983)

4. K- Writing:
1
Model - pictures print
Refer to criteria
Kids draw write
Refer to criteria
Pearson Gallagher (1983)

5. Criteria – K/1
Big, Bold, Bright Make a picture
Tell some leJers Try some sounds you
you know know
What’s Next for This Beginning Writer? – Reid, Schultz, Petersen

17. Grade 2/3 WriOng Criteria
• An opening sentence with a hook
• Details
• DisOnguished words

22. Autumn Bear
Author‐Diane Culling
Illustrator ‐ Cindy Vincent
Snowberry Books, 2007
ISBN 978‐0‐9736678‐2‐0

23. One September morning •a piece of fog touched me. As I
looked out my window the gold leaves dri^ed out of the
tree as I dragged my feet down the stairs to breakfreast, as I
waited for the school bus I feel puffs of wind pick up my hair
when the school bus came I slowley walk up the stairs as I
bundled • in a seat as I went down the steps I saw birds
migraOng south as if leaves followed them it looked like
they were air dancing.• ‐Allyson, gr.2

24. • As the cool fall leafs fall the aniamails hide
in thir hafertat an the people put worm fire
on and they have hot chocolet with
mashmao. If feel couze with the blaket on
you. You feel like you want to stay home
forever. The wind hits your face it feels like
somebudys teeching except it’s the breeze.
‐by Jason, gr.3

25. Autumn Wind
• When the Autumn wind blows it makes me shiver. It really
makes me quiver. The wind is cold and really bold, it feels
refreshing on my face. I get to keep my own pace. My
hair would blow I can be slow, I walk on the ground I don’t
have a frown, it feels so good and it keeps me in a joyful
mood it keeps me happy for the rest of the day and I want
to play and play. A^er the Autumn wind blows on my face
it is really cool, it almost feels as cold as my pool.
By Samantha, gr.3

27. Grade 1 WriOng Criteria
•powerful beginning
•detail

29. Pinduli
By Janell Cannon
Harcourt, 2004

46. Colleen Reimer, Gr. 2/3 ‐ Study of the Planets
AnOcipaOon guide ‐ read
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Web with a partner ‐ read
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Join another partnership ‐ add in blue
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Teacher adds informaOon
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Add to web in red
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Write to inform
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52. Joni/Eleanor’s K WriOng
• Class is 80‐90% ESL, half day K
• 3 heterogenous groups
• Resource teacher ‐ each group once a week
for 40 minutes
• Classroom teacher focuses on language lesson

65. Joni Cunningham
Spul’u’kwuks Elementary, Richmond
Guess and Check Spelling

66. • 3‐5 words
• Child must try the word ‘guess’ before
asking teacher for a ‘check’
• Mini‐conference:
• Word families
• Previous lessons
• Words around the room
• Just ‘learn’ it
• Underline leJers that are right

67. • Use with all wriOng: dra^s, journals, science,
socials
• Date each entry
• A^er 10 pages per book
• Keep old ‘guess and check’ books to use as
reference
• Use with parent conferences: strengths,
paJerns, how to help

68. Found Poems
• Read a text to the students
• Students listen for phrases that they love –
powerful phrases – phrases they want to
remember
• By birthdays, students stand and say their
‘found poem’
• Mix the order to hear different variations of
the poem
• Students write their own ‘found poem’

69. Online literacy videos
www.sd72.bc.ca Literacy Videos
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Clustering from Text
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Squiggles
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It’s All in the Bag
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