Writer's Workshop

This week, the children were introduced to the Lucy Calkins Writer's Workshop program. We began the narrative unit by listening to the book "Freight Train" by Donald Crews. Donald Crews knows an awful lot about trains. The children began to think what they know a lot about in their own, personal lives. The children were then motivated and sent off to begin their writing creations. Some only illustrated some pictures, while others began to work on labeling their work or even writing a few words or sentences. The children are starting to hear the beginning sounds of words and were excited to put those to their papers.