-the minilesson: biggest decision, first decision is what to write about. This for my kids is always the hardest part. and then giving them a choice of paper, this I think could make for a bit chaotic but successful writing session.
-Writing while they write. I didn't try this last year, but I really want to try it this year. I want to show my students that I am a writer too. What better way to model for them what I want that to do it with them. Celebrate their writing FIRST ask questions to make their writing more clear or to help someone get started. This will make writing, hopefully, less stressful for the students. I know I need to work on this, sometimes we forget that students need to hear what they did well as well as what they need to work on.
-share time: share just a passage or page, response questions :what you learned, what they did well, what questions do you have. Have the kids respond to the student not to you. This, I think will make the students take more ownership of their writing.
--continuing writing the second day have a set of procedures for the "I'm done" students. What worked for me the past to years was "I'm not done, I've just begun. STOP! re-read, add to the picture, add to the words, or start a new piece." It trained my students to know exactly what to do when they were done so they weren't interrupting my conferences AND it made them read what they had written. Many kids would make changes to their writing before starting the next piece.
--3 rules: use quiet voices, don't interrupt, everybody writes. I think I may make this into a poster to put up on my wall for writing workshop. Having a ritual and routine in place for this block of time will really make it so that my students can get the most out of their writing block and that I can conference with them and channel their enthusiasm to become great writers.
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