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Term Toru (Three), 2025
Term Toru (Three), 2025
These are fun activities that help us to broaden our communication skills. After the activity, we write about our experience, thinking about what we did, what it looked like, felt like and sounded like. You can use the slides below to recreate the experience and write a story about your experience.
Free choice writing
Free choice writing
Here are some videos to help with your child's writing.
Here are some videos to help with your child's writing.
IMG_4710.MOVThis is a picture plan, see how Steph and Azariah are discussing what he is going to write about.
IMG_4711.MOVThis is what key words look like and how to know which words to write down
G Writing.mp4This is how you can start writing, encouraging your child to hear the sounds in words that they don't know and using the ABC chart
Here are some more tips to get started - and to give your writers a push to write some more and edit their work (if they can/want to)
Here are some more tips to get started - and to give your writers a push to write some more and edit their work (if they can/want to)
W4 Writing - beginner .MOVBeginner Writers
Beginner Writers
W4 Writing Extension.MOVExtension Writers
Extension Writers
Editing
Editing
Some writing tips for parents (click the arrow)
Some writing tips for parents (click the arrow)
What is a picture plan?
A picture plan is what your child will draw after they have told you what they are going to write about. They might tell you they are going to write about a unicorn that flies to the moon and back, so in there picture plan they might draw a unicorn and a moon. This is done at the top of the page.
What key words do I write down for my child?
Key words are words that your child has used when telling you what they are going to write about. For example they might say my unicorn is sparkly and can fly really fast, so some key words might be "fast" "sparkly" "fly". These key words are written around your child's picture plan and will help your child when remembering what they were going to write about.
Do I write the words first for my child and then get them to copy?
You absolutely can do this for your child. Some children find it hard to write letters and it becomes a task that isn't enjoyable. If this is the case, then you can ask your child what they want to write and get them to copy it. Some children are very capable at writing letters (even if they aren't quite right). If this is the case, let them do it and encourage them to write down as much as they can by themselves. If they need some support with some letters, by all means help them out.
How can I encourage my child to attempt words themselves?
When we do writing at school, we encourage the children to say the word out loud then we ask them to tell us what sounds can they hear. The ABC chart should be in front of them and we ask them to find the sound that they can hear, they then write this down - even if its meant to be a c and they put a k - that is OK. From there we support them to continue to listen out for other sounds that they can hear in the word and write them down too.
How much should my child write each day?
Ultimately your child can write as little or as much as they like each day. If you would like to spread it out over the week we have put on the timetable that you can do picture plan and key words on the first day, then each day write 1-2 sentences. Once complete or finished you can move on to editing. If you child isn't interested then that is OK too!
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