Inquiry 2 Part A

Ashley Colovos

-I will be working on writing instruction; working on revision and editing.  We do our writing from 10:40-11:30, so I will have about 20 minutes of direct instruction, which leaves 30 minutes for the students to write, while I walk around.

-Students will use different strategies to generate more focused, informative and engaging pieces
                - Ask and answer such questions as who, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate
               understanding of key details in a text.

-Editing and revising writing is an important step in the writing process. These students love to write so it will help them improve the depth and greatness of their story. Students will learn the importance of reading over and editing their writing pieces. They are learning about literacy by learning about the importance of writing with details, and reading over and improving their work. They are learning literacy by learning how to read and write with fluency and comprehension while expanding their vocabulary, and students are learning through literacy by examples modeled in class. Through examples students are learning the way their text should look, and then editing their work to make it their best work.

-Classroom talk will be teacher-led with student involvement. It is important for the teacher to model what the class will be working on, and for the students to share their ideas. The teacher should give an example by showing the correct way to revise and edit a paper. The students can then help point out the different ways the teacher revised the paper.

-I want students to be able to be able to write more engaging pieces by writing detailed texts that bring the reader in. Students will be able to do this by revising and editing their work, and making sure that it involves all the components that we have talked about. This will help contribute to my own professional learning by learning the correct way to show students how to revise and edit their writing.

-I will have the smart board available to me along with printouts from the common core. I will also have several books in the classroom which will help assist me with my lesson planning. We also have a writer’s workshop book to follow.

- I will pre-assess my students in my target area by looking at previous writing samples they have done. We have already begun writing, so I have been doing informal assessments since school began. I will need to find out what writing level each of my students is at before this lesson. Many of my students are great writers, but many of them get hung up on the spelling of their words. Some of the students have a hard time sounding out the words with the correct ending digraphs.