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What it is all about...

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Writing workshop is the time and space when writing occurs. Writing workshop consists of a few components:

- Mini-lesson
- Independent Writing Time
- Partner Time
- Share

These components work together to support students' development as writers through teaching new techniques, allowing self-sufficient time for students to work on these techniques, bouncing ideas off of peers to receive feedback, and showing off their work as a sort of celebration. These components enable children to learn new techniques and give them the support to try out these new techniques with support from themselves, their peers, the teacher, and the classroom as a whole.

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Writing workshop is an essential part of our classroom. We use writing workshop to develop the communication skills included in language arts instruction - reading, speaking, listening, writing, viewing, and visually representing.

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A silent, about 5 minute period when students write by themselves with no student or teacher interaction.

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Time to discuss! This is an important part of the Writing Workshop where students talk with their peers about their writing and bounce ideas off one another. During these discussions inspiration may be found, revision may occur, and the students writing is improved.

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This a shared time for our community of learners. During this time students sit on the rug, together, and listen to the teacher share a short, 12-15 minute lesson regarding a writing technique they can use moving forward; NOT a technique specific to writing just that day.

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The Writing process involves pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and then publishing during a special time and place.
-Collecting Ideas/Prewriting
-Drafting
Revising
-Editing
-Publishing
Informed by the Common Core State Standards.

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The fun part - a celebration! This occurs every 4-6 weeks and is a time for students to show their work - what they are proud of.

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Culham, R. (2018). Teach Writing Well: How to assess writing, invigorate instruction, and rethink revision. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Ray, K.W., & Cleaveland, L.B. (2004). About the Authors: Writing Workshop with our Youngest Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.