1. Writing Workshop
28th February 2017

2. Previous Workshop Reminders …

3. Workshop Objectives
To show you how we teach your children the early stages of writing.
To provide you with information and resources to help you support your child’s writing at home.
To give you the opportunity to put some of these strategies into practise through various activities.

4. Phonics- Writing ‘green’ words
Blending sounds to read words e.g. c-oa-t coat
Segmenting words to write them e.g. coat c-oa-t
We teach the sound not the letter name!

6. Digraphs- 2 letters make 1 sound
Trigraphs- 3 letters make 1 sound
‘Special friends’
Look for them in words
Practise writing them in words

7. Sounding out to write words
Write the word to match the picture!

8. Phonics- Writing ‘red’ words
‘Red’ words are ‘tricky’ words.
They cannot be sounded out!
Children must learn them from memory.
Practise, practise, practise!

9. you
was to

10. Phonics- Writing sentences
Use a sentence toolkit!

11. Simple sentences to match a picture- must be able to ‘hold a sentence’

12. Activity Time! Post-it note activity (altogether)
Writing for a purpose
Shopping lists
Rules for games
Weekend news/ diaries
Secret messages
Writing letters
Drawing and labelling maps
Writing stories

13. Next Workshop…
Parent into class session Monday 20th March Bug Club focus