Kindergarten Writing

Two school years ago I had the opportunity to work as a Teacher on Special Assignment at one of the schools in my district. During that year, I was able to have small creative writing groups on Fridays for grades K-6. I have taught most grades, but kindergarteners absolutely terrify me. No joke. I still put on my happy face and decided I could still handle a group of 10 on my own for writing. To this day, I still believe kindergarten teachers are super heroes! I was exhausted after 30 minutes once a week!

Anyway, here are two of my kindergarten writing projects. I tied both of them with literature.

Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Since this book is on adjectives, the best way to describe something is to experience it for yourself! So all my kindergartners got to try their very own lollipop in class! What a treat! We brainstormed adjectives to describe them, then jotted them down. After I checked their work and assisted with spelling where needed, they made a giant lollipop out of card stock circles (Precut, but you can have them do it. I only had 30 min/week) and popsicle sticks. I added the cellophane (seran wrap) afterwards.

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss.
Love this book! I read this book and we talked about how we felt on that particular day. The kids wrote their sentences down on paper and then painted a paper doll to match that color. As you can see, a couple students had a many colored day!