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                                 Welcome to 4th Grade!

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                                 Welcome to 4th Grade!

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                        Benefits of The Writing Workshop 

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                        Benefits of The Writing Workshop 

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It is important to use a writing workshop for 4th Grade. The writing workshop refers to a specific setting with a time and place a person is to write. The writing workshop is reflective, ongoing, and has 4 components that we will use in this 4th grade process:

The mini lesson

Independent writing time

Partner share

Whole group share

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What Does the Writing Workshop Look Like?

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What Does the Writing Workshop Look Like?

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The mini lesson- this is a time where the teacher introduces instruction to get things started. It is short, and ends with he teacher reiterating her point to move on to the next step.

Independent writing time- this allows the student to work on their writing.  Here, the student will utilize the writing process (planning, drafting, editing, revising, publishing)

Partner share- this allows the student to work with a partner and share each other's pieces. The students will listen to each other's pieces and give each other comments on their piece.

Whole group share- this is a time where the students will be paired into groups of three or four writers. The students will share their work and comment on each other's pieces. The teacher will ask the students to take note of specific things: details, character description, setting, voice, etc.

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How Does the Writing Process Enable Students' Needs?

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How Does the Writing Process Enable Students' Needs?

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In the writing workshop, students can explore and express their changing thoughts as growing writers. Each student's individual needs are met by giving them this opportunity because it does not restrict them to one particular topic or focus in their writing. As the student's grow into more experienced writers, their writing will improve along with their mechanics and structure, but to get there, it is important to show students that writing is about taking one idea and extrapolating it to the best of our ability to convey a certain message to the reader.

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Quality Children's Literature in the Writing Workshop

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Quality Children's Literature in the Writing Workshop

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Quality children's literature can be used to teach children many different writing styles and strategies. Using these books are known as, mentor texts! "Mentor texts are pieces of literature that we can return to again and again as we help our young writers learn how to do what they may not yet be able to do on their own" (Dorfman& Cappelli 2). Mentor texts can be used in the writing workshop in many different ways! Through the mini-lesson, the teacher can show students how to use literature as a mentor and how to imitate aspects of the author's writings.

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Check out my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LiteracyResources A literacy professor defines Mentor Text and gives several examples of books that can scaffold the teaching of a writing focus, with emphasis on the 6 traits.

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"Mentor texts serve to show, not just tell, students how to write well"(Dorfman & Cappelli 4).

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"Mentor texts serve to show, not just tell, students how to write well"(Dorfman & Cappelli 4).

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Here is an example of what a mentor text mini-lesson looks like in writing workshop!

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Here is an example of what a mentor text mini-lesson looks like in writing workshop!

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Jane Yolen's Owl Moon is used as a mentor text to help students identify past tense words while reinforcing their knowledge of personal narratives.

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Dorfman, L. R., & Cappelli, R. (2007). Mentor texts: teaching writing through childrens literature, K-6. Portland, Me: Stenhouse .

Spandel, V. (2004). Creating young writers: using the six traits to enrich writing process in primary classrooms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Paper and pencil clipart clipart kid. (n.d.). Retrieved December 06, 2017, from http://cliparting.com/free-pencil-clipart-3835/

Writing Workshop Expectations. (2012, August 22). Retrieved December 06, 2017, from https://twowritingteachers.org/2012/08/23/wwexpectations/