Interactive+Writing

What is it?
 * creates a message with students and write it on chart paper
 * text composed by the group, guidance from teacher as students write it word by word
 * students take turns with writing mechanics (spacing, words, letters, punctuation)
 * have students independently write in on their own white boards

What to do?
 * 1) Collect materials: chart paper, pens, white out, ABC chart, letters, etc.
 * 2) Set a purpose
 * 3) Choose a sentence to write
 * 4) Pass out writing supplies
 * 5) Write the first sentence: pronounce words slowly, "stretching" them out, identify words and sounds as you hear them

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