Writing & Storytelling . - TOD

A teacher needs to know the components of writing.
Effective learning (book) gives you the understanding.
Literacy progression helps you to take the child step by step to progress.

The components of writing
1. Curriculum overview
2 Effective Literacy practise
3 Literacy progressions

The Writing book, Jill Eggleton - Lighting the Literacy Fire ,  Gail Loane - I've got something to say, Cafe,  Switch on to spelling books are good  and easy programme & resources but need to go back  to the NZ curriculum.
Teachers need to achieve cohesiveness and balance across their programme in all learning areas of curriculum. This involves making informed decisions about the right mix of components for their classroom literacy programme.

Gail loane - Children arrive at school with at least five year's of life's experiences to draw on. there will be a range of cultural backgrounds, and it is not our job to judge and dismiss those we deem to lacking in experience.
Each day's writing session begins with a mini lesson, this becomes the forum for sharing what we know about writing. The mini lesson may precede or conclude a writing session where students are engaged in a specific writing task.

Shared stories, wonderings , observations, opinions and responses need to be at the heart of writing times.

Reflection - Does my writing programme includes the components of writing & am I taking them through the progression. Covering different genres (read Gail Loane ) Freeze the frame rather than starting from when i woke up in the morning .....
Creating  shared experiences for children to write about it rather than making them think so hard that they avoid writing.