Wendy correia this study examined the effects of two methods of writing instruction, shared writing and interactive writing, on kindergartners writing development. Shared and interactive writing are useful tools at any grade level and can be used throughout the school year with the whole class or even with small groups who may need a little more support. Shared writing for kindergarten and first grade fourblocks literacy model paperback january 1, 2001. It is an opportunity for the students and the teacher to view, read orally, and have conversations using the same text. Mar 27, 2016 interactive writing can be embedded into a shared writing experience or it can stand alone. In shared writing, the teacher holds then pen and serves as the scribe. In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with. The goal help students become independent writers demonstrate skills and strategies that good writers employ students take ownership without the fear of failing gradual release of responsibility interactive writing. Older students can practice interactive writing by sharing the pen and collaborating with each other on letters, memos, invitations, or any kind of narrative story. It involves a teacher producing some text on the board with input from the class.
Interactive writing is a cooperative event in which text is jointly composed and written. It is tightly controlled to ensure success, yet the lessons can be really fun. Shared writing is a process teachers use on a regular basis to help children to understand how to write a particular kind of text and to provide them with a model piece of writing to emulate. Shared writing is an activity that works excellent with students of all ages. The teacher explicitly models the skills of proficient readers, including reading with fluency and expression. Reading literature is an excellent way to initiate interactive writing in the class, and the teacher can continue using literature as the class does interactive writing with any new book that is read throughout the year. Shared and interactive writing provide the opportunity. If teachers are not regularly using shared writing then they are not teaching writing. This strategy guide explains how to use shared writing to teach students. The effects of shared writing versus interactive writing. Most often, shared writing happens on chart paper or on a smartboard, so that the whole class can work together on a story or essay, song, poem, or any kind of writing.
This activity involves the class writing a story together with contributions from every child, and it also gives the children the opportunity to use a word processor. Choose several students to share the title of their book and whether it is fiction or nonfiction. In a clear, stepbystep format, the authors show how teachers can use interactive writing to teach a range of foundational literacy skills. It involves children as apprentices, working alongside a more expert writer, their teacher. Consider it more like key word notetaking, but so much better. Shared reading supports a balanced literacy instructional approach. May 21, 2016 working with students through the shared writing experience. You may want to revisit the book on the same day or on. During shared writing i dont usually focus on spelling or mechanics. Let students partner talk to discuss ideas for the story. As in writing aloud, using the shared writing strategy enables teachers to make the writing process concrete and visible to students. Shared reading classroom strategies reading rockets. Shared reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when.
At first, model basic transcriptional skills such as writing on the line, forming letters carefully, using. The teacher has most of the responsibility as she acts as the scribe. Interactive reading thus requires some action or involvement on the part of the reader. It can be done in a oneonone private lesson with a student, or with a small group of students. The four stages of teaching good writing is a gradual release from teacherdirected to complete independence. Shared interactive writing is a teaching process where the teacher and children collaborate to write a text together, using a shared pen technique that involves children in the writing. It is simply a best teaching practice that is good for all learners. When you choose a book to use as an interactive read aloud, be aware of the elements of the story. Shared writing is a technique that allows the teacher to model good writing for hisher students. The difference between the two is that during interactive writing the teacher turns the pen over to different students and invites them to contribute a letter.
See more ideas about writing, writing workshop and writing activities. During shared writing, the teacher transcribes the entire text while engaging students in a rich discussion about how the text should be composed. Shared reading is an instructional strategy that can be used to teach many different reading skills comprehension, fluency, decoding, vocabulary. Jul 14, 2018 so in todays quick post, ill explain the differences between shared reading and a readaloud. Example of shared writing how can it be used with students. Many schools also encourage children to capture sentences and draft mini paragraphs in their magpie books for future reference. You will also find a credible book reference that is a musthave when starting to do interactive writing with your students. Shared writing is taught to small groups or a whole class in briskly paced, 5 to 20minute lessons. Shared and interactive writing is when you and the children write a story, chart, or class book together. Using read aloud books is a great tier 1 response to intervention. Jul 19, 2016 explore ggwelshs board interactiveshared writing activities.
To share the pen in the making of a class book, you could have the child write their name and perhaps the first letter of another word. Print books with alternative endings, ebooks with hyperlinks, virtual books, websites and even blogs and wikis are examples of things that can be read interactively. If youre thinking about the gradual release of responsibility, a readaloud is more teacherdriven and involves more teacher modeling, and shared. Interactive writing can be used for just about any kind of functional writing that would appear in a classroom. In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to the process, while the teacher acts as scribe, writing the text as it is composed. Steps in shared writing teacher establishes purpose of shared writing session teacher brainstorms ideas with a student or whole class teacher chooses one idea out of many with students teacher invites students to elaborate on the idea teacher and students compose the text together teacher models the process of writing teacher. This list is a good guide for brainstorming ideas for shared and interactive writing. Shared and interactive writing lessons should be briskly paced and the recommended lesson duration is between 5 to 20 minutes, depending on key stage, lesson. In interactive writing, the students use the pen with teacher assistance. Interactive writing lesson freebie tunstalls teaching. Interactive writing is a resource that shows teachers how to support young writers as they learn how to communicate their discoveries. This lesson comes from the book interactive writing. You can find a text and display it on an interactive white board or screen so that students can clearly read it.
Lets look at the book interactive writing across the grades as part of our blog book study. The we do it part of the optimal learning model olm where an expert, usually the teacher, holds the pen and guides and shapes the language with. The power of shared and interactive writing livingtheworkshop. First, develop and extend childrens background and language knowledge on a topic or experience of interest. This would be a fun way to promote writing and word choice. In short, interactive reading encourages the reader to do more than simply read printed text. The educator acts as the scribe and records the students ideas. Mustknow tips for shared writing by regie routman provide sufficient shared writing experiences before expecting students to write on their own. Ask students to write their own similar story using the same theme or. For shared reading, we choose books that are a bit closer to students reading levels because they are actively participating, reading along with you, finding words in the text, etc. These little books eventually become a vast source of vocabulary to draw upon when writing. It builds from the research that indicates that storybook reading is a critically important factor in young childrens reading development wells, 1986. The effects of shared writing versus interactive writing on.
See how to engage young writers through explicit writing instruction. Oct 23, 2015 shared writing is the main way in which drafting is taught. Interactive writing is when the teacher shares the pen with the children. Interactive readaloud is the foundation of a community that shares literary understandings through thinking and talking together. The writing is done in front of the students, which allows the educator to focus on. However, interactive writing is another story, for another post. It involves using an artifact bag to stimulate conversation and start a shared writing experience. Basis for shared reading model the shared reading model was developed by holdaway 1979.
Write the name on a sticky and place it on the venn diagram. Here you will find an introduction to the writing process using interactive writing. This video shows how we use shared writing as a strategy within our literacy lessons. See all formats and editions hide other formats and. Interactive writing is a writing process used to teach usually younger students how to write. Builds a community of learners with shared literary knowledge.
There is a comprehensive list on page 154 of types of writing that prek children will likely be able to do. A few weeks ago we celebrated presidents day and we learned about two famous presidents. During guided reading students actively participate in the group reading process by listening or reading and making their own conclusions about the text. The teacher uses the interactive writing session to model reading and writing. Using found photographs and notes to spark story ideas.
Heres how shared writing, or wholeclass composition, should be led by the teacher. Young children who are just learning the basic skills of writing greatly benefit because they are shown a model of the entire writing process. It means to look at the elements of the text before reading to children. Shared reading and guided reading lie alongside each other within a gradual release of responsibility model of instruction. Interactive writing can be embedded into a shared writing experience or it can stand alone. The role of shared reading in developing effective early. In shared reading, students learn what they will later apply in guided reading. They were also working on writing pattern books, so youll see that shes coached them to use the same pattern across the pages.
The shared reading model often uses oversized books referred to as big books with enlarged print and illustrations. Plan lessons for types of writing that present particular challenges to your students. Teachers model close reading, textdependent questioning, and strategies for asking and answering questions with each projectable big book as they follow a fiveday lesson the optional projectable book with prompts engages students in further discussion about a book as they participate in a variety of tasks that allow them. The interactive process can stop at any point, and the students asked to complete the writing on their own. Interactive writing lesson freebie heres a fun interactive writing lesson for you to use as you introduce your students to sharing the pen. Shared writing is an instructional approach to teach. To connect oral language and the writing process to deliver an authentic writing experience as students and the teacher collaborate to compose a text for students to focus exclusively on composing, idea generation, and the thinking involved in writing without fear of. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. The shared reading model often uses oversized books referred to as big books with enlarged.
Now that you have a basic introduction to the interactive writing process considering beginning to read the series from the beginning, below, we will use the example of we have gym today as a sentence to construct. I knew that i could use big books, large poems, and other enlarged texts for shared reading. This context is implemented during wholegroup literacy instruction where the teacher engages students in shared reading using enlarged print books and shared poetry charts and often leads to shared interactive writing. Interactive writing makes the writing process visual to the whole class. Shared writing explained for primaryschool parents. Guided reading literacy instruction for students with. The main difference between shared and interactive writing is who is holding the pen. What is interactive writing and how will it help your k2. Sorry this is so late, things have been busy over here. The second half of the book is on interactive editing the most amazing strategy that when i learned of it, i felt that i wanted to go back and reteach all my students for my entire career again. The final writing can be graded but would probably work best as an addition to a writing portfolio when the activity is done at regular intervals. Some teachers give students copies of the text for shared reading. The teacher uses the interactive writing session to model reading and writing strategies. Day 1 shared reading of a big book in first grade duration.
Shared writing in an interactive experience where students contribute to the writing, either in a small or whole group setting. Students in the higher grades can still learn from shared writing, especially when the academics become more challenging. Dec 21, 2016 the interactive transcript could not be loaded. Interactive writing is a cooperative event in which text is jointly composed and. In previous read aloud lessons, students have become familiar with the book character chester and are asked to gather. See more ideas about writing activities, writing and activities.
The effects of shared writing versus interactive writing on kindergartners developmental writing. Bookshare an accessible online library for people with. During interactive writing, the writing 2 students will work together as a whole class to create a story. Shared reading definition shared reading is an interactive reading experience that takes place when students share the reading of a book with the help and assistance of a teacher.
Simply put, shared writing is when the kids come up with the ideas as a group, and the teacher does all or most of the actual physical writing on the page. Mar 08, 2016 posts about shared writing written by danielalaska. One of the key ways guided reading instruction differs from other small reading groups is through this relationship to shared reading instruction. What is it, and how can you get started in the classroom. Interactive writing proceeds in much the same way as shared writing. Interactive writing is a cooperative event in which teacher and children jointly compose and write text. I believe that shared pen and interactive writing are the equalizers for. Whats the difference between shared writing and interactive writing. How language and literacy come together offers powerful teaching designed to accelerate and support childrens critical understanding of the writing process. Mar 12, 2012 steps in shared writing role of teacher role of student time taken for shared writing and materials needed why is shared writing important. The teacher begins the writing workshop by gathering the students around an easel and starts a discussion about a shared experiencea topic they all are studying or know about. In a nutshell, during a readaloud, you read a book to students, and during shared reading, you read with students. Together these three studies included over 100 preschool children from the midwest and florida, and they examined intervention effects on childrens oral language, print knowledge, and early readingwriting. The process involves the sharing of a pen between the teacher and students.
Find out what shared writing is and how to easily implement it. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Builds a foundation of mentor texts for reading and writing mini lessons. Nine steps to leading effective shared writing sessions tes. Not only do they share the decision about what they are going to write, they also share the duties of scribe. Interactive writing has been described by swartz 2001 as a teaching method in which children and teacher negotiate what they are going to write and then share the pen to construct the message. Posts about shared writing written by danielalaska. Shared reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported by a teacher. In fact, they should be interactive and fun, or you will lose the interest of your class then you are toast. The difference between the two is that during interactive writing the teacher turns the pen over to different students and invites them to contribute a letter, part of a word, word, or even sentence to the text being written together. Working with students through the shared writing experience. Follow shared writing by the children moving straight into independent composition.