Writing Workshop

Davidson County Schools in North Carolina has a great site on Writing Workshop!  You can learn the basics and find forms and pictures that will help you start Writing Workshop in your classroom!

You must see the updated (2010) Power Point presentation for Launching Writing Workshop!

You will find anchor charts that you can create with your students!

I really like the Phonics Writing Analysis forms.  One is for consonants and one is for blends.  You can track your students on one sheet.  This will allow you to create mini-lessons for Word Analysis based on need.
They are adapted from the work of Linda Hoyt and the authors of Words Their Way.

Anchor Charts

What are Anchor Charts?  Why would we use them?

Anchor Charts are used to hold our thinking. 

                             
They serve to connect past teaching and learning to future teaching and learning. 
An anchor chart is co-constructed with students.  It has meaning for the students because they participated in the construction. 
The anchor chart matches the learners’ developmental level. 
The anchor chart supports on-going learning.
Notice how different this room looks with anchor charts as the primary tool.  I also want you to think about why this second-grade teacher doesn't reuse the charts.  Let me know what you think!!