CoL Teacher Inquiry: Celebrating our writing success!!

All of the learners in my target group began this year as PRE-writers when assessed by e-asstle. Here are a few examples of their writing at the beginning of the year and a sample of the same child's work now, at the end of term 3. Using the e-asstle writing assessment I can now say that all of these learners are working within the 1B range.

 

The next learning steps for these learners based on this e-asstle assessment are too:

1. Add detail to their ideas
2. Start sentences in different ways
3. Sequence their writing so that it makes sense (in the order than it happened)
4. Use joining words to write some compound sentences, e.g. and, but, because, or.
5. Attempt to use new and interesting words to make your writing more exciting.
6. Plan your ideas before you write and use your plan when you write.

Looking ahead to next term I have identified their gaps and some strategies (some new and some a continuation of what is already in place) to support them to further develop as writers. These include:

• Story Maps 
• Explicit teaching and modelling of the above learning intentions
• Rich language experiences (we will be going to the zoo, taking part in School Kits "Sea Cleaners" and learning about the digital curriculum through hands on experiences)
• Roll and write silly sentences  - an example of this activity is linked here. 
• Daily independent writing practice as part of their literacy rotation.