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Writing Conference

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SESSION 2  |  Grades K-2 / ELL Levels 1-2

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Teach developmentally appropriate writing all year

Recognize the developmental stages within the modes of writing

Develop pictorial writing skills

Picture writing provides opportunities for students to learn about communicating with details. Kids who draw with details will become kids who write with details.

Art for Kids is a YouTube channel where a dad draws side-by-side with one of his children, showing how to draw simple (sometimes seasonal) objects line by line.

Indicate voice with facial expressions & speech bubbles

Include beginning, middle, end details

Transition to list writing

Target list-making as a writing genre

Before early writers create sentences, they write words. Instead of turning those few words into a simple sentence, encourage students to write with more details and more words. Make the unit about creating lists of information that include specific details, with precise word choice, all on one topic.