Establish a rule that no one can send unkind messages through your classroom postal system and of the other ways to solve disputes. An important part of interactive writing is the way it makes visible to children how written language works. A neat, totally accurate product is not the goal, although the writing should be very readable, since it will be the basis of future shared or independent reading. The teacher and the children take turns writing the text on the experience chart as it is being developed. In the Emerging Phase, the teacher would write more than the children, but would pass the pen to a child from time to time to write a familiar letter or word.
Procedures Establish a reason for writing with the children.
Begin creating the text. Support the children through your comments and questions in composing the first sentence. When everyone has agreed on the best wording for this sentence, say it aloud slowly as you write it on the chart, noting capital letters, familiar words, etc. as you write. It's the word that comes next. In order to maintain the flow of meaning and assist children in sound-print matching, reread the text from the beginning each time a child has added a new word.