Interactive Writing Type: / Negotiation
Resources: / Never Spit on Your Shoes by
Lesson: / · Read aloud Never Spit on Your Shoes at the beginning of the year, as you work with your class to establish a community of learners.
· Determine together that the class will write rules and procedures for literacy centers in the classroom. Writing the procedures will help the children to learn the new procedures, and can be used as resources throughout the year to foster independence.
· As the text is negotiated and written, encourage the students to listen for and write larger chunks of words, rather than individual sounds. For example, when writing the word “listening,” students can identify the “ing” as a chunk they know.
· As the writing progresses, encourage the students to think of other words that contain the same chunk. The teacher may choose to write these words on the magna-doodle to reinforce the visual similarity of the words.
· Once the text has been completed, read it again and hi-light familiar chunks. Demonstrate to the children how they can use the chunks to read the word, by blending the sounds and chunks. (You can return to these pieces throughout the year, as new chunks are addressed in class. For example, the class may discuss the “tion” chunk at a later point in the year.)
Extensions: / · Create a literacy center focusing on familiar word chunks. Students can search the interactive writing and shared reading pieces displayed in the room for words that contain a specified chunk.
· Choose a chunk that has been addressed during the interactive writing session. Ask the students to think of other words they know that contain that same chunk. Write their list of words interactively. Display this list of words in the classroom and use it as a resource during interactive writing or independent writing.
Additional Resources: / · Any other interactive writing displayed in the room.
Caption: The students in this room returned to this piece several times during the year as the children were studying different word chunks.