Strategies for Kindergarten Writing

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Provide a space and
activities that will encourage children to work independently in the
company of other children. |
Encourage
interaction and the sharing of ideas and work. |
Model enthusiasm for
your work and the work of others.
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Get kids excited
about sounds and words. |
Provide immediate
oral and written responses to work as often as possible. |
Be an active partner
in putting together a writing portfolio. |
Provide developmentally
appropriate activities that cater to the individual. |
Integrate assessment and
teaching. |
Model response and revision
of your and other writers' work. |
Reinforce concepts with
active tasks that allow children to explore language in a variety of
interesting ways. |
Use play to help children
make sense of the written word. |