CSCOPE Making Books in the K-2 Writing Workshop
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Making Books with Students K-2 Presented by Laura Moore PreK-2 Literacy Specialist
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Making Books with Students K-2Presented by Laura Moore
PreK-2 Literacy Specialist
How to Connect with Me…
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Learning Objectives
• Learn about the value of making
books with students
• Discover how making books fit with
CSCOPE and Writing Workshop
• Leave with a passion for trying
something new.
TEKS Connections
Functional vs. Composition
Writing
• Grocery lists
• Signs
• Emails
• Stories
• Books
• Lyrics
• Reports
Why is writing workshop like
Santa’s workshop?
Let’s Review…
Why Make Books with
Children?
Picture books are a familiar kind
of writing.
They expand avenues for
making meaning.
Stapled Books (usually 6 or
more pages)
• Copy paper
• Handwriting paper
• Composition book
paper
• Construction paper
“If adults are honoring
children’s approximations,
there is no need for adults to
write for children or for
adults to write something for
children to copy.”
~ Matt Glover
Focus lesson 5-10 min.
Student Writing / Conferences 30 min.
Share / Reflection 5-10 min.
Mini Lessons
NOT Mandates!
Have a focus and are authentic!
5-10 minutes
Mini-Lessons?• IFD/TEKS
• Professional books
• Techniques from Picture Books
• What you see or
don’t see in
student writing
It helps children read like
writers.
Why did the author…?
Why did the illustrator…?
How did the author use… to…?
How did the illustrator use… to…?
Did you notice something you could
try in your writing?
What do you think the writer had to
know to write this book?
Things Writers Do…
• Title page
• Dedication
• Author’s note
• Ellipses
• Words in all caps
to make a point
• Speech bubbles
• Text features
• Labels
• Using
punctuation
• Alliteration
• Figurative
language
• ILLUSTRATIONS!!!!!
Why?
Each day for our mini-lesson, I used a real picture
book to feature writing, which felt very natural to
me. I noticed that these real books would spark
new or similar ideas for my students and they felt
more confident authoring a new book. My kids
had ample premade books on hand and they
"authored" away! My scholars focused on
illustrations and wanted to write details about
them. I loved that I took on a facilitator role (not a
critiquer!) and helped them work through their story
ideas and offered suggestions. They enjoyed writing
because I was not marking all over their work!
~ Leslie Cobb- First Grade Teacher
Focus lesson 5-10 min.
Student Writing / Conferences 30 min.
Share / Reflection 5-10 min.
Making books builds stamina for writing.
Making books forces
students to create a
“BIGGER” writing.
Conferring
During a Conference…
1.Research
2.Name
3.Teach (ONE THING!)
4.Record
“The key to believing in our students’
ability to do really big work in our
writing workshops is to remember
they will do it like five- and six- and
even seven-year-olds. It will look and
sound like five- and six- and seven-
year-olds wrote it.”
~Katie Wood Ray
Pre-telling to Plan
Focus lesson 5-10 min.
Student Writing / Conferences 30 min.
Share / Reflection 5-10 min.
Sharing and Reflection
• No more same ole Author’s Chair!
• Highlight students who “tried out”
your mini lesson
• Highlight students who are risk
takers
• Don’t share the WHOLE BOOK!
When making books, I saw a love for writing that I
hadn't really seen before because they weren't
limited to what they could write and how much they
could write. They were able to expand on their
creativity by creating books like REAL authors, as
opposed to telling a story on a single sheet of paper.
I think the biggest change I saw in using books was
that they OWNED their writing like I had never seen
beforeand they didn't want to stop! They didn't like
closing their books, they wanted to keep going!
Because they were writing actual books, I started
seeing their books take after real books by different
authors we had studied. SUCH A NEAT thing to
experience.
~Jennifer Aldrich- Kindergarten teacher
Resources
Books by Katie Wood Ray and Matt Glover
Lucy Calkins- Units of Study
