Harare International School Early Years by Erin Kent

Harare International School Early Years by Erin Kent https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY Erin Kent Consulting en-us 2022-11-27 03:44:37 UTC 2026-01-31 01:57:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/575178330/2883dfe56707b4dbde7a88fba193cf28/Screen_Shot_2020_05_08_at_23_11_07.png Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools FB Group erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855325 2022-11-27 03:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855325 Faiza Martin erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855353 fay@erinkentconsulting.com]]> 2022-11-27 03:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855353 Twitter erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855381 @literacylala]]> 2022-11-27 03:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2398855381 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399916002 2022-11-28 09:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399916002 Story Workshop Conference Guide erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399916109 2022-11-28 09:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399916109 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399917963 2022-11-28 09:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399917963 Compliment Conference erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399918076 2022-11-28 09:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2399918076 EY Continuum - Teaching Strategies GOLD erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401341423 2022-11-29 04:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401341423 PYP Symbolic Expression & Exploration erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401804364

]]> 2022-11-29 12:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401804364 Gots https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401901460 I got the saying:
"Writers don't say how do we spell words.... We spell the best we can!"

Station: have resources ready and available quickly]]> 2022-11-29 13:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401901460 Want https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401902382 What does interactive and shared writing look like?]]> 2022-11-29 13:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401902382 Wants - What charts could be used in EC - EC friendly ones! Can we use alphabet charts with pictures? https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401904936 2022-11-29 13:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401904936 Got- Love the campfire sharing time idea and ideas for other ways of doing story workshop. https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401907397 2022-11-29 13:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401907397 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401912260 Have a balance in sounding out words and allowing learners to copy a word when spelling (Think: what is the goal at this moment)]]> 2022-11-29 13:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401912260 Want https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401913066 How do we support a child who is still developing in terms of speech, to verbally communicate or narrate his/her story?]]> 2022-11-29 13:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401913066 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401914014 It's okay to have mini lessons aside from the main lesson to teach into a need.]]> 2022-11-29 13:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401914014 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401915731 Think "what is a child almost doing!" so you know how to nudge them]]> 2022-11-29 13:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401915731 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401917089 Story workshop can be a place!]]> 2022-11-29 13:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2401917089 💫 Want https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402971781 I'd like to try to give learners the opportunity to build their stories with different materials and then transfer into a booklet]]> 2022-11-30 03:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402971781 💫 Want https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402973566 I loved the idea and would like to try have one general poster and interchange the teaching points when needed]]> 2022-11-30 03:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402973566 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402975670 Even though we let writers think of and choose what they would like to write about and share with the world, it is also okay to set up provocations (pictures, videos, literature, a child, object etc) for them to write about. I love that this could encourage informational writing too!]]> 2022-11-30 04:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402975670 💫 Want https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402978044 I would like to get better at and would like practice at conferring/nudging. Could we see videos/practice together? Especially using positive language that builds the writer. (🎉 celebrating the writer and what they have started)]]> 2022-11-30 04:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402978044 🤔💭 I wonder.. https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402980763 How to encourage a writer who feels they have completed a piece that could be edited (but they feel unequivocally that they are done!) without making them feel like they are not in control of their writing? ]]> 2022-11-30 04:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402980763 🤔💭 I wonder... https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402982970 if there is another way to gently encourage the illustrator to write words or labels when they are adamant that the picture is enough? (yet when he is talking about his piece his words are way more) - the "reluctant writer of letters/words" so to speak.
(my concern is that the storyline will be forgotten over time. or when he has the opportunity to share it with the community he may not remember)]]> 2022-11-30 04:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2402982970 Got: https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2403070150 To have a story workshop station set up with provocation/s everyday.]]> 2022-11-30 06:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2403070150 translation app erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2408900823 2022-12-05 10:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2408900823 Story Workshop Across Weeks erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2408902346 2022-12-05 10:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2408902346 Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2410063200 2022-12-06 03:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2410063200 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2412306099 What was most helpful? What will you carry with you?

What content would you like to dig into in upcoming sessions? What are you wondering?

]]> 2022-12-07 15:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2412306099 Interactive/Shared Writing Quick Plan erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413801789 2022-12-08 03:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413801789 Dimensions of Balanced Literacy erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413807531 2022-12-08 03:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413807531 Interactive/Shared Writing erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413809572 2022-12-08 03:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2413809572 Documentation What? Why? How? erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414049973 2022-12-08 08:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414049973 Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311295 I loved the shared experience/research writing. I got the 3 steps
1. make lines for the words
2. write the words
3. read and reread]]> 2022-12-08 13:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311295 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311299 Be specific with compliments]]> 2022-12-08 13:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311299 I got that we should make sure our shared writing charts are spelled correctly. https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311559 2022-12-08 13:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414311559 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414312776 It is important to have a "tool kit" to help you with conferring ]]> 2022-12-08 13:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414312776 Got - Finished piece serves as a model https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414313121 correct writing is important = a teaching opportunity]]> 2022-12-08 13:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414313121 Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414316001 To focus on what the children are almost doing as writers.]]> 2022-12-08 13:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414316001 Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414316441 1.Sharing the pen as way of differentiation within our shared writing conferences.
2. I loved , counting out how many words to write, something I will use with my students.
3. Taking out our big books during shared reading.]]> 2022-12-08 13:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414316441 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414464432 Its okay to gently correct spelling during the writing process]]> 2022-12-08 15:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414464432 ✅ Got https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414468952 I liked the tips on planning for shared writing
* study current writing samples and identify trends/themes
* kid watching
* be authentic id what you choose to write with the children]]> 2022-12-08 15:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414468952 Want - Is it right when reading big books to track along with your finger when eating the words, does it help? https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414539818 2022-12-08 16:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414539818 Want - Is there different ways to display children writing - papers and booklets. https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414541165 2022-12-08 16:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414541165 Want - Is there a way to address children being mindful of how much paper/booklets they use - there can sometimes be a lot of waste and unwanted pictures! https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414543717 2022-12-08 16:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2414543717 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526513690 What was most helpful? What will you carry with you?

What content would you like to dig into in upcoming sessions? What are you wondering?

]]> 2023-03-22 03:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526513690 Loose Parts List erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526519061 2023-03-22 03:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526519061 Art List erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526528765 2023-03-22 04:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526528765 Symbolic Expression & Exploration Chart - PYP erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526540236 2023-03-22 04:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526540236 Where is the pen... erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526541308 2023-03-22 04:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526541308 Fine Motor Planning Ideas erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526871973 2023-03-22 09:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2526871973 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528739212 What's feels successful?
What feels tricky or challenging?]]> 2023-03-23 12:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528739212 Success https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528758583 I feel that students using the word wall with pictures & words is successful]]> 2023-03-23 12:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528758583 Tricky https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528759621 Keeping the students interest is feeling tricky for me]]> 2023-03-23 12:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528759621 Using various different materials/mediums in EC, was successful. Finding more ways to express themselves so they keep interested in story creations. https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528759646 2023-03-23 12:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528759646 KG(Successful) Students are using different ways to express their ideas. Exploring different writing utensil , referring to books and making connections. Writing more and more! https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528760895 2023-03-23 12:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528760895 Carmen - Everything was very helpful. It is so nice to see that we already do so much and are doing the right thing. I would love to get more ideas for our new unit - Exploring Materials (How the World Works) - and how we can incorporate story creations. Thank you for helping us so much! https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528868079 2023-03-23 13:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528868079 Sherrie - Got💡 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528907376 * We are on the right track
* Even though I have a writing area its okay that the children are writing everywhere else because they are writing!
* We know this but symbolism is intertwined in all that we do (math, language, UOI, transitions, playful inquiry)
* I'd like to make morning message more like a "shared writing" then just "shared reading/thinking/speaking"
* Symbolic Exploration and expression really draws out symbolic thinking and imagination as well as understanding ]]> 2023-03-23 14:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528907376 Hazvi https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528910010 Be purposeful and intentional when choosing manipulatives - Explore them yourself

Have open-ended materials to encourage symbolic exploration]]> 2023-03-23 14:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528910010 Sherrie - Wondering💭 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528954389 For writers workshop, do we always have to have writing in the booklets/pages? Could we have writing outside with chalk/coal even though it may get swept/washed away. We won't have concrete evidence (unless we take pictures 📸 😃) ]]> 2023-03-23 14:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528954389 Sherrie💕 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528962382 For Kindergarten: I love 💕 how they symbolic exploration is so natural at the beginning of the school year especially when we beginning exploring sounds and how the children start linking sounds to symbols.
A grow🌱for me: is to be intentional at the back end of the year to allow for symbolic exploration without an expected end all the time. Like how we have fun at the beginning of the year.]]> 2023-03-23 14:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2528962382 PYP POI https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2530087789 2023-03-24 08:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2530087789 Choice Words erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2543059094 2023-04-04 02:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2543059094 3-2-1 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551187032 3 takeaways I will implement immediately
2 'aha' moments
1 wondering I still have]]> 2023-04-12 06:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551187032 Fine Motor Exploration erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551191733 2023-04-12 06:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551191733 Interactive Read Aloud Planner erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551193962 2023-04-12 06:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551193962 Dialogic Conversation erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209658 2023-04-12 06:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209658 Commentary Play erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209767 2023-04-12 06:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209767 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209947 2023-04-12 06:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551209947 erin77 https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551210067 2023-04-12 06:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2551210067 Take aways: https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553196476 1. fine motor skills practice with leaves and sticks and paint
2. reading different materials - like an atlas
3. the physiology of a child's hand (I knew this but it was a good reminder to see the x-rays again)

Aha Moments:
1. Shared reading is not the same as interactive reading
2.

Wondering:
1. How do I fit all of what we have learnt into my few EAL sessions :-)

Nathanja

]]> 2023-04-13 13:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553196476 Carmen - EC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553208171 3 Implement immediately - Read alouds, repeating and expanding what the children say, Some of the pre writing ideas seen, using different writing implements.
2 'aha' moments - seeing a lot of the things we already do and affirming that we are on the right track as a school and educators.
1. Wonderings - I wonder if it is still ok to contact you if we have any questions as I have so enjoyed our sessions! Are there any more tips and ideas you have for EC EAL learners and helping them to learn English.]]> 2023-04-13 13:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553208171 Take aways: Dorris https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553223508 1.I am going to be more intentional about including read aloud sessions more often. I will plan them out, and include student interests.
2.I have a curious group of students who ask a lot of questions. I will definitely include some complicated books as I know this will provoke their curiosity and help build their vocabulary.
3. I will definitely model that inner conversation and help students to understand that when we read, we read to understand .This is an area that I have been working on with my students especially strong readers.Thank you for sharing this.
4. Encourage good sitting posture during writing sessions and include at least an activity during the week to support this.
AHHHA!
Importance of building on prior knowledge to help students connect with and understand what they are reading about.

]]> 2023-04-13 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553223508 🦋Sherrie https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553243635 3. 📝 Takeaways I will implement immediately
* Be purposeful & intentional when choosing manipulatives & explore them myself (Symbolic Expression)
* Be intentional about asking students what they know about the book they are reading (link prior knowledge to present learning)
* Its okay to have the writers workshop time for demonstrating and nurturing good writing habits. It's great to make sure there are other fun writing opportunities to encourage writing and build their fine motor skills in a more relaxed way (I would like to keep evaluating my writing environment to make sure it is fresh/current and relevant)

2. 🤩 'Aha' moments
* I don't have to feel bad during commentary play that I am always correcting/modelling correct sentence structure. I should look at it as enriching a learners knowledge/vocabulary and have fun connecting with learners as they play.
* Regularly evaluate my environment is good! (think what does it say about writing in my class?) Observe the children and tweek it often for their interests and needs.

1. 💭 Wonderings
* How can I provoke my learners to be apart of the reading corner? (designing and keeping it interesting for them)]]> 2023-04-13 14:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erinkentconsulting/HarareEY/wish/2553243635