Do you feel like Mother Goose during writing workshop with your little goslings following you around looking for help? Discover a tool that will transform your writing workshop by teaching your students to be more independent. You’ll learn:

• how to use a digital alphabet chart.

• a new way to use a picture dictionary.

Writing Independently with an Alphabet Chart

At the beginning of kindergarten, students are starting to put their knowledge of letters and sounds on paper to communicate their ideas. Writing can be particularly difficult for students that are still struggling to identify sounds.

Students can use their alphabet chart to label the first and last letters of words to describe their pictures. There may be some students that are confident using their letters and sounds to begin writing some words.

No matter what stage of writing your students are in, it’s important that each student has the tools and strategies to write meaningful stories on their own.

Digital Alphabet Chart

Use a digital picture dictionary to encourage the most reluctant writers.

This writing tool has something for everyone! The first slide includes an alphabet chart with sound for students to play if they need help identifying a letter.

Many of my students simply use the alphabet chart portion until they are more comfortable writing simple sentences.

When students have built up their letter knowledge and confidence in their writing abilities, they are ready to dive deeper into the dictionary portion of the digital tool.

Digital Picture Dictionary

Using a digital picture dictionary is one of the best tools to keep your students writing until the very last minutes of writing workshop.

They are able to keep the digital picture dictionary at their fingertips to access when they need some inspiration. They can quickly click through the pages of the Google Slides to find pictures and words that they want to include in their stories.

Students love being able to use the dictionary by themselves because they can click and listen to the recorded sounds. Not only that, but they also have access to many sight words.

Wrap Up

This digital tool is the missing piece that you for your writing workshop. Now, you’ll always have time to confer with your students.

• With the digital alphabet chart, emergent writers can begin to write with labels.

• Use the digital picture dictionary to spark inspiration during writing time.

By using this digital writing tool, students have everything that they need to write until the last minutes of writing workshop.

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