Our four week course is drawing to a close and we have been encouraged to reflect on each of our child writers and to look into the future as to how we will continue to work with them. These are my thoughts today on my little girl:
My daughter is a
natural story-teller. She talks and talks and talks. She loves to tell stories
and she loves to listen to stories. She usually asks for CDs from the library
to listen to and is usually very engaged in our chapter books. Her reading
skills are not yet strong enough for her to be able to enjoy the kinds of
stories in books that she likes to listen to. Her writing skills are increasing
daily. She enjoys copywriting and is happy to edit her work.
I would like
to support her in developing her concrete skills (spelling, handwriting,
punctuation) so that she can comfortably write the stories in her head. Also,
she needs to learn to type so that she can edit her work on the computer and
publish it more easily. I would also like to help her begin to develop more
complex or deeper ideas.
I loved doing
both the alternate sentences and the dialogue with her. We both had fun and it
felt very connecting. She commented on my spelling which showed me that she was
reading what I was writing as well as listening to it, and noticing how I
wrote. By being "in the middle of her writing" with her I can encourage her to
develop her thoughts, I can draw out more of her ideas and gently challenge her.
I am
committed to returning to copy-writing and will approach the editing of it more
systematically, encouraging her to hunt out her own spelling mistakes and
gradually to look for punctuation errors (5p a mistake found certainly increased motivation!). I will also gently and lightly edit
her free-writes: a quick once over for tricky spellings and tidying up the
punctuation.
I will move
on to the idea of introducing words to her sentences, words such as “therefore”
or “for example” or “but” to help her extend her ideas. I would like to move on
to her writing three or four sentences and then me adding one to encourage more writing from her while keeping it focussed.
I am excited about next half-term's writing!
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