The past few weeks, the boys and girls have been
busy writing sentences and “stories” in their own personal journals. From now until the end of the year, we will
continue to journal two/three times a week.
The
kids need quite a bit of practice on independently writing sentences, so I ask
that you work with them at home. Give
your child a piece of paper and provide an idea for him/her to write about
(favorite thing to do at school, playing with friends, visiting grandparents,
going to the park, etc). Closely monitor
your child as s/he works, but don’t do it for him/her. Help your child sound out unfamiliar words
and let him/her write the words as s/he hears them. It is completely okay for the kids to spell
the words as they sound and not use the conventional spelling.
We want them to have confidence in their independent writing skills, and don’t worry;
they will learn the correct way to spell each word as they advance in
grade.
