Am currently immersing myself into the writing process. I have selected 3 children from my mentor group and I will follow them as we progress through the year. They have different needs and hopefully my analysis of them (with help from Jill) can inform my teaching practice for the other learners.
Before starting on this journey Jill asked "What do I want to get out of it?". I want to know where to start, how do I get my desired outcome of running a successful writing programme.
So my first question is "What does a successful writing programme look like?" and my current answer is I want children who are;
Engaged - in the flow of writing
Motivated - want to write
Confident - have an audience and feel valued
Take risks - will have a go and try
To try and understand this more, and how I might start getting these things, I will spend some time observing RT who I believe runs a great writing programme.
Following on from a conversation with Jill I have come up with this progression;
I'm sure the above image will morph as I go further in to this and as we work as a team.
The aim is to keep the plan and the structure of the writing session the same and then change the context. This way the children will get used to how the sessions will work which, in time, should enable each session to be more about the children writing than us modelling.
Claire linked these ideas to;
The Plan - stems from the children's needs, (getting to know thy learner)
The Modelling - is around the teaching goal, (knowing the progressions linked to learners)
The Groupings - be based on needs so we can workshop (Yellow thinking - Vision, all children writing everyday - mustn't rush this though!!)
I'm feeling more confident even after reflecting on one weeks worth of work and excited to start next week. Must make sure I feed all of this forward to Eve who I am team teaching with, and to SLOW DOWN, it doesn't have to happen tomorrow!
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