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Powers, Patricia A. – 2003
This "weekend news" writing activity gives students the opportunity to recall personal events and write about them. The writing is done in a nonthreatening environment, which helps students develop writing fluency and apply what they already know about spelling and other language conventions. Students create a set of criteria with which to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Emergent Literacy, Invented Spelling, Lesson Plans