Some writing from today...

This week we read "This is the Way We Go to School." We learned about different modes of transportation that children use to get to school all over the world.

Today in Writer's Workshop, the children decided how they might like to go to school. I took pictures of a few of their pieces: 

A double decker bus!

"I am in a car."

A horse and buggy!

"I am in a vaporetto."

(We watched a video about the waterways in Venice, Italy today! A vaporetto is boat used in Venice to transport people)

"I am in a new car."

Horse would be a nice way to travel!

In a van.

Ellery doesn't want a regular bus- she wants a big one!

"I am riding a horse and buggy to school."

I am so proud of the kiddos! They are working really hard to apply their knowledge of letters and sounds to writing! I don't expect correct spelling- it's much harder to think of words and "sound them out" than to copy words. We will work harder on "book spelling" later in the year :) 

Check out the post on the developmental stages of writing. You can look to see where your child falls in the spectrum!