Welcome Wichita Elementary Teachers!! We have created this spot for you to share writing strategies and ideas that are working in your classrooms.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Fall 2009 (2nd-5th grade)

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Here are a couple of new prompts for R.A.F.T.S. to get you started in the fall. Please feel free to share prompt ideas you have for R.A.F.T.S. here on The Write Spot blog.
2nd Grade 1st Quarter Fall RAFTS.doc
3rd Grade 1st Quarter Fall RAFTS.doc
4th Grade 1st Quarter Fall RAFTS.doc
5th Grade 1st Quarter Fall RAFTS.doc

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Kindergarten Teachers

Looking for a way to get your kindergarteners writing more? Try Interactive Journals! We have attached an overview as well as some ideas and lessons for you to try out. Student writing samples are also included.
Interactive Journals.docx
K Seed Lesson Interactive Journal.docx
K My Crayons Talk Lesson.docx
K Color Poem Lesson.docx
Interactive Journal Lessons with Student Samples.ppt

Monday, March 23, 2009

R.A.F.T.S Poster

Here is a poster you can use when you are creating R.A.F.T.S.. Thanks Amy!
R.A.F.T.S Poster.doc

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Assessment Ideas Using RAFTS

In the 3rd-5th grade sessions on February 13th we shared some sample RAFTS that could be used to help prepare for state assessments. Here are the ones we created, feel free to add to our ideas.
3rd-5th Grade Math Assessment Ideas February 13th Inservice.doc

Quick Write Ideas

We have had some requests to post the Quick Write ideas that were shared during the February 13th in-service. Here they are....Enjoy!
Quick Write Ideas 4th & 5th Grade.pptx

Thursday, November 6, 2008

R.A.F.T.S

We created some group R.A.F.T.S. during our Weaving Writing Sessions in October and February. Below are some ideas from those sessions. The purpose of this blog is for you to be able to share R.A.F.T.S prompts you have created and used in your classroom. To share your ideas you will have to post your prompts as a comment.

Here is a generic template you can use as you create your R.A.F.T.S. prompts.
Generic R.A.F.T.S. Worksheet.doc

The following post contains some sample R.A.F.T.S. that were created by teachers who attended the February 13th Weaving Writing session. Enjoy!
1st Grade Teacher Created RAFTS FebruaryInservice.doc
2nd Grade Teacher Created RAFTS February Inservice.doc
3rdGrade Teacher Created RAFTS February Inservice.doc
4th Grade Rafts February Inservice.doc
5th Grade Teacher Created RAFTS February Inservice.doc