Regie Routman Writing!

My grade 3/4 students wrote letters to youth new comers to Canada that I work with! To write these letters I followed the Regie Routman steps! 

Step 1: Front loading

• Introduced why they are writing the letter
• Talked about how they'd feel about coming to a new country
• Reviewed parts of a letter
• Brainstormed things we could tell in our letters

 Step 2: I write

• Demonstrated how to write the letter, saying my thinking out loud to show students habits I want them to use when writing.
• Ie. underlining words they think are not spelled correctly
• Rereading 

Step 3:  We (Shared) Write

• As an entire class write a letter
• Get all the ideas from the students

Step 4: You (Students) Write

• Now that the students have many examples and gathered plenty of information to write their own letter you can pick a couple students to help get started 
• Have a student come up in front of the class and ask them how'd they like to start their letter, and a few ideas they'd like to include in it and jot it down on a sticky note
• Do this with a few students then send them all off to start their rough draft letters 

* Once students are starting to finish their letters I had some share to the class to celebrate their work and also some give tips/suggestions

* When students are done rough draft and all the editing routines I had them all type them up!