Writing For a Purpose

Today we are going to focus on writing.

Why is writing important? Writing is one way that we can communicate with other people. What is another way we can communicate? (by our facial expressions, gestures, talking, drawing). 

Today  we are using  drawing and writing to send someone a message. 

We have been focusing at school on being kind to our friends. We have been saying thank you when someone helps us. Ms. Brown and Ms. Emerson thanked many people for holding doors open for their teachers and friends, and for doing things like helping to tidy up in the classroom without being asked. 

Writing a note to thank someone is a very kind thing to do. Can you think of anyone who has done something kind for you? Did you mom or dad help you do up your coat? Or fill up your water bottle when you were thirsty?

You can thank someone in a card, or in a letter, or you can make a poster.      Thank You

Ms. Brown is making a poster to put in her window. It says thank you. She is saying thank you to some people who are helpers in our community right now. 

Who can you thank? 

Parents: I have sent a pdf of our word wall to you. It will be familiar to your child as it uses the same images that we use in our classroom. I have added "thank" to our word wall. If you print it (black and white is fine! ) then you can add words for your child as they need them. You should add words that they request frequently -- common words. When they are writing words that are NOT on the word wall, you should tell them to "Have a go" and use the sounds that they hear. That is how er learn to write in kindergarten. If they ask you if they spelled it correctly, you can say -- "Yes! You wrote the sounds that you heard!" If you correct them on the spelling of every word, then writing becomes more of a chore, and they get discouraged. They will learn conventional spelling in grade 1,2,3 and above. For now, in Kindergarten, it is developmentally appropriate to use invented spelling.