1. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Learning Objective Name ____________________________ Today, we will write 1 about an experience. 1 to put letters and numbers on paper CFU What are we going to do today? What are we going to write about? What does write mean? Students, tell your partner about your first day of school. Activate (or provide) Prior Knowledge CFU Students, you already know that we can tell stories about things that have happened to us. Today, instead of telling about something that happened to us, we will write about something that happened to us. When we write about something that happened to us, we call that writing about an experience. Today, we will write about an experience. Today, we are going to write about an experience. We are going to write about an experience. Write means to put letters and numbers on paper.

2. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Concept Development An experience is something that happened to you. When we write about an experience, we write about what happened to us. Example: I painted a picture. I used green paint. I won a prize for my picture. Non-Example: CFU What is an experience? An experience is ________________________________. What does it mean to write about an experience? Which sentence is an example of an experience? How do you know? 1. I had cake for my birthday. 2. My pants are black. The sky is blue. The flower is yellow.

3. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Importance An experience is something that happened to you. It is important to know how to write about an experience because: 1. you can tell someone what happened to you. I built a tall tower. I used my blocks. I knocked it over. Then, I started building again! 2. it helps you remember things that happened to you. CFU Does anyone have another reason why it is important to write about an experience? (pair-share) Why is it important to write about an experience? You may give me one of my reasons or one of your own. Which reason is more important to you? Why? Last year, we went to the beach. We played in the sand. It was fun!

4. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Write about a time you were given a present. Skill Development/Guided Practice An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience. Teacher models for Skill Development. Students create their own for Guided Practice. CFU How did I know what to draw? How did I know what to write about? How did you know what to draw? How did you know what to write about? Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz One day, my mom gave me a present. It was a necklace. It was very pretty. She gave it to me for my birthday. Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience.

5. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Closure 1.What is an experience? An experience is_______________. 2.Write and draw about an experience below. 3.What did you learn today about writing about an experience? Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience. Teacher models first, then students create their own. Write about a time you lost something. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

6. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Independent Practice An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience. Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience. Write about something fun you did this weekend. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Teachers can provide sentence frames if necessary.

7. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Periodic Review 1 An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience. Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience. Write about a time you had a celebration. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Teachers can provide sentence frames if necessary.

8. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Periodic Review 2 An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience. Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience. Write about a time you had to share with someone. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Teachers can provide sentence frames if necessary.

9. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Periodic Review 3 An experience is something that happened to you. Write about an experience. Step #1: Read the experience given. Step #2: Draw a picture in the space provided that shows your experience. Step #3: Write about that experience. Write about a time you were sad. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Teachers can provide sentence frames if necessary.

10. DataWORKS Educational Research (800) 495-1550 www.dataworks-ed.com ©2011 All rights reserved. Comments? feedback@dataworks-ed.com Kindergarten Writing Strategies 1.1 Use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects and events. Lesson to be used by EDI-trained teachers only. Resource Name____________________________________ Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz