Writing Samples

Writing Samples

Part of my data I have been collecting throughout the study are writing samples. I have collected them at least once a week and sometimes spontaneously throughout. If I saw something great from a student, I would save it for later use. I have been super proud of the work and also used the sample writing to help lead me in my lessons to come. According to McCarrier, A., Pinnell, G. & Fountas, I., (2000), "interactive writing provides powerful demonstrations of writing that help young children make progress in their own writing." (p. xvi) I believe this now more than ever. Through the interactive writing process students have transferred their knowledge gained in interactive writing to their independent writing. The following example shows the students underlining the conjunctions used to turn simple sentences into compound sentences. I used the interactive writing time to tie in the language arts lessons, conventions, and how to pick topics to write about. I feel the 30 minutes used twice a week have been truly beneficial.

When I look at this writing peice I notice the student using their capital letter sto emphasize emotion and voice in his writing. He did a phenomenal job with listening to the sounds in words and putting them in his writing. He is a student who knows all 500 of the Dolche sight words which helps is reading and writing quite a bit.

The following pictures are after we read a story as a whole group, I told them to go back to their seats and write. Some students chose to illustrate and others didn't. I feel like if they took the time to illsutrate they were really taking ownership of their work. These are the peices you will notice the highlighted conjunctions.

 

McCarrier, A., Pinnell, G., & Fountas, I. (2000). Interactive Writing: How language and Literacy
            come together, K-2. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.