Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

Writing:

This week in Writing, we are learning to engage in the writing process.

VOCABULARY

Writing Process - steps that you can take to make writing easier for you. 

E.g.: Prewriting/Planning, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish.

Prewriting/Planning - brainstorming, planning and orally verbalising your ideas/sentence.

Draft - writing your sentence.

Revise - re reading your writing to see if you need to add, change or remove.

Edit - re reading your writing and making changes to fix any mistakes you have made.   E.g.: spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.

Publish - writing up a good copy on either paper or using technology, adding in any edits you have made previously.

Punctuation - full stops, capital letters, finger spaces, question marks.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Revise and Edit Phase - Find your child’s draft writing piece that they wrote last week using the above picture prompt. Have your child read their writing to you or a sibling. Once they have finished reading, go back and read through one sentence at a time with them, asking them questions like: Does this make sense? Are any words missing? Could we add or change any words to make it more interesting or descriptive? Let’s check the punctuation. Have we got full stops at the end of sentences?

Support your child to revise their work by adding, changing or removing words or sentences.

Support your child to edit their work by adding, changing or removing punctuation and/or fixing any spelling mistakes using their M100W book or their knowledge of letter/sound relationships.

*Get your child to keep their writing in a safe place as we will be using it again next week.