A collaborative writing approach where teacher and students work together to compose text, sharing the pen to develop writing skills and conventions.
Interactive Writing is a powerful instructional strategy where teachers and students collaborate to compose text together. The teacher guides the process while students contribute ideas, take turns writing letters and words, and learn about writing conventions in a supportive, shared context. This "sharing the pen" approach makes the writing process visible and accessible, allowing students to participate at their developmental level while observing more advanced writing strategies.
ELO 5: Learners will generate, gather, and organize thoughts to explore, clarify and reflect on thoughts, feelings, and experiences as they create a written or representative draft.
ELO 7: Learners will use their knowledge of spoken language, written language and writing conventions to refine the precision and enhance the meaning and clarity of their written work.
Daily collaborative messages about weather, schedule, or special events. Perfect for routine practice of conventions.
Retell familiar stories together, focusing on sequence and story structure while practicing writing skills.
Write letters to guest speakers, helpers, or other classes. Authentic purpose motivates careful attention to conventions.
Create collaborative books about field trips, science observations, or shared experiences for the classroom library.
Emphasize proper letter formation and directionality during shared writing.
Focus on finger spaces, line breaks, and overall text organization.
Highlight word families, sight words, and phonetic spelling strategies.
Emphasize periods, question marks, and exclamation points in context.
Review the week's writing, make improvements, and celebrate progress.
