Technology
The ability to use technology is vital for success in school and life. This requires that students learn to type and use a word processor, use the Internet to collect information, navigate a computer and web-based testing tools. Integrating the use of technology into writing instruction is critically important.
Instruction
Our
writing workshop model is influenced by Lucy Calkins and Ralph
Fletcher. Using a writer's notebook gives students an easy, informal,
no-pressure way to start thinking about a topic and exploring with topic
development. The writer’s notebook is great for "seed ideas". Using the
model of Ralph Fletcher, students demonstrate playful craft that
energizes their writing pieces. Using the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop
Model, children learn to stretch the action across several pages because
the moment is so important. We focus primarily on personal narrative
writing. Children learn to take the everyday events of their lives and
make them into focused, well-structured stories. Our nonfiction writing
is individualized per school project or report.
A structured writing program will address the following components of writing:
Organization
- Idea Development
- Supporting Details
- Sentence Structure
- Word Choice
- Voice
- Mechanics
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