Writing is a developmental process which begins at home when children start to scribble, make attempts to form letters, and begin to draw pictures. Children should be encouraged to experiment with their writing. Parents help their children best by accepting and praising all of the efforts and products that their children create.
Kindergarten students often start off the year by creating a message with a picture and some letters or letter strings. As more learning takes place, students understand that words consist of letters, and words are what we read. Although pictures never cease to be important, the meaning of the message is conveyed mostly by writing words. When students write they learn how to record sounds that they hear in words. It is not important for students to assign a letter for
each and every sound, as children progress, their writing will become more accurate. To aid the writing process, the use of a word wall is encouraged. A word wall is a wall that has common sight words listed in alphabetical order. Simple Kindergarten dictionaries
are also available for students to use in the classroom.
In Kindergarten the students will be involved in many forms of writing. We will write letters and stories
together as a group,have opportunities for individual writing and sharing, and participate or view writing as it relates to the content areas.
By the end of Kindergarten, children should be able to:
1. Write left to right and top to bottom.
2. Form legible letters.
3. Write consonant sounds at the beginning and ending of words.
4. Use spaces within words.
5. Write ten high frequency words.
6. Write a complete sentence.
7. Write about varied topics/events.
8. Edit with assistance.
9. Capitalize the beginning of a sentence and pronoun I.
10. Recognize and name ending punctuation.
11. Read their own writing.
