Assignment Week 4: Youngest Learner



Writing is very important for all ages of children. I taught Pre-School for several years and would help students write stories for their drawings. The drawings would just be scribbling for some but a story could be told from the pictures. The students would tell me about their picture and I would write the words for them.

I always had picture books in the literacy center (book center) and the students would read the story (tell the story from the pictures it would not be the exact words in the book), this helps them gain confidence in themselves. It also helps them make the connection of pictures with the correct word order (letter order).

With my older students we do daily journal writing I write the topic on the board and we brain storm ideas using the story or word web. I encourage students to be creative with their writing and to draw pictures they can associate with the story.

I will model for students using the overhead projector showing pictures and short writings.

I have a variety of books and writing materials in the classroom.

A inviting writing center includes paper, crayons, markers, stencils, and old books (magazines) for the students to cut out to include in a story.

The fourth grade students just finished writing a play, the students picked the type of play and gave it a title, choose the characters, props, etc....

This was a good group learning experience for the students and enjoyable.