Writing Workshop

FINAL EXAM
Emma Stefanski
4-25-23
 My Future Classroom
Grade Level
Kindergarten

Demographic
Mixture of students from all walks of life and
backgrounds

In a Suburban to Rural Area

Talking, Drawing, Writing
“What can they do when they come to
Kindergarten?” Just about all of them can talk!

For many children, they are natural storytellers.

For others, this isn’t the case.

Telling stories is important! Children learn that

they have something to say and that there are
people who want to listen to them!

Writing tools may be new to some of them.

Introducing the
Writing Process
To Kindergarten
 Talking
“What can they do when they come to school?”

Telling stories doesn’t require them to know how to write their letters or
know how to draw.

Children get to know each other through their storytelling.

Children learn that they are thinking as they talk.

Children learn about the writer’s craft before ever

putting pencil to paper.

EL students can tell their stories however they feel comfortable talking
(in their native language, native+English, all English)
 Drawing
Drawing Booklets: blank pages, spiral bound (purchased as a
notebook or create my own notebooks)

Model how to draw and model the thought process

Clearly set expectations beforehand

Conferences before they begin drawing

Review what they have done, to figure out where they are going next

Would occur after a couple weeks of talking

 Writing
Sounding out words

Modeling from the teacher

Labeling parts of their drawings

Writing phrases and a sentence,

and then moving on to sentences
Graphic not made by me :(

Writing Booklets: section for drawing, section for writing phrases and
sentences (this would not occur until second semester)
Kindergarten Writing Process

Graphic made by me :)
 Writer’s Workshop in
Miss Stefanski’s Classroom
Writer’s Workshop Class Period

Main Group Tables

(flexible seating during independent
work time)

Classroom Caddies for Each

Group Table

Anchor Charts/Posters of Basic

Writing Concepts
Narrative
Writing
Mentor Text
This book is perfect for Narrative Writing!

Ralph has no idea what to write about. All of

his classmates around him have started their
writing pieces. Ralph can only write his name
on his piece of paper.

Until he remembers an experience he had at

the park. That’s as far as he got before it was
time to share his story with the class. His
classmates began asking him questions about
his time at the park, and a story began to take
form. Ralph realizes that a story can be about
something little. Stories really are everywhere,
just like his teacher told him.
Mini Writing Unit
Beginning, Middle, and End
 01.
Writing
CHECKLIST
This would be included inside of
my students’ writing booklets. It
would be laminated, in order for
them to mark it up and reuse it.

Graphic made by me :)
 02.
GUIDED
Transition Word
Practice
Instructional lesson on transition words (i.e. then,
next, first, second, etc.). The teacher would model
how they would use transition words in writing, in
order to prepare the students for their final
writing product of the unit.
03.
FINAL
Product
Beginning, Middle, and End Journal

Graphic made by me :)
Kindergarten ELA CC State Standards
Writing Standards
K.W.3 - Use a combination of drawing and
writing to narrate a single event and tell
about the event in sequence order in which it
occurred.
K.W.5 - With guidance and support from an
adult, respond to questions and suggestions and
add details to strengthen writing as needed.
K.W.8 - With guidance and support from
adults, recall information from experiences to
answer a question.
Language Standards
K.L.2 - Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Capitalize the first word in a sentence
and the pronoun I.
b. Recognize and name end punctuation.
c. Write a letter or letters for most
consonant and short-vowel sounds
(phonemes).
d. Spell simple words phonetically, drawing
on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
Students will be able to…
Draw and write about one event Receive comments from their
in order of what happened. teacher in order to improve
their writing.

Remember and verbally describe Show that they can use capital letters
an experience in order to write at the beginning of a sentence, use
correct end-of-sentence punctuation,
about it.
stretch out their phoneme sounds,
and spell simple words.
 Beginning, Middle, End Worksheet

Graphic made by me :)
 Accommodations
01.
Collaborate with EL and Special
Education students before they
begin writing.
03.
Encourage EL students to sound
out the words the best they can.
Spend one-on-one time with the
EL students to help them stretch
out their words.
02.
Encourage the EL and Special
Education students to do their
drawings first before writing.
04.
Have all of the students do a
Think-Pair-Share in order for
everyone to get their ideas in
order and get feedback from each
other.
 THANKS
Do you have any questions?

Emma Stefanski
estefanski@rochesteru.edu

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