The teacher is demonstrating writing content and conventions. The teacher and students work together to compose messages, retellings, stories, summarizations, etc. The experience demonstrates how writing works. Multi-leveled instruction to meet the various needs of the students is provided. Students have opportunities to plan and construct texts.
Students have opportunities to practice the conventions of writing.
Spelling opportunities are provided that increase students' knowledge of patterns and generalizations. The students engage in a variety of independent writing experiences in a variety of forms. The teacher guides the process and provides selected feedback and instruction through mini-lessons and conferences. The experience fosters creativity and the ability to compose. The experience increases the writers' abilities to use different forms of writing.