Writing+in+Kindergarten+Project

The following documents are the components of my master's degree project, //Writing in Kindergarten: A Teacher Resource//. Feel free to print out, share, and use the documents for classroom use. If you would like more information on the project, such as the research base behind each of the components, just let me know.

amanda.smith@tps.org

The //Suggested Scaffolded Writing Phases for Kindergarten// chart provides a visual representation of the gradual release of responsibility that occurs between a kindergarten student and teacher throughout the school year. The teacher begins the year with most of the responsibility by helping students dictate their sentence, writing the sentence with a black or yellow marker, assisting the student with tracing the sentence, and helping the student read the sentence, if needed. A little later, the students are able to copy their dictated sentence from a sticky note written by the teacher. As the student begins to master letter-sound relationships, the teacher draws a line for each word in the dictated sentence and the student sounds out and writes each word. Next, the student draws the word lines and sounds out the words. Finally, the student does not require the word lines and can write a complete sentence independently.