Shared Writing

Each day, my hard-working readers also practice their writing.  We often utilize a technique called "shared writing" in which we apply new learning of word families, spelling patterns, and punctuation that we read in text.  We might stretch sounds using sound boxes, assist one another in hearing beginning, middle, and ending sounds, or look back at the text to find out how to spell characters' names.
Below you'll see a picture of one of my fabulous readers' response to the text he read. You'll see how he did a great job paying attention to beginning and ending punctuation!