INTERACTIVE WRITING KEY TERMS NAME:

Match the following terms with their meanings. If you have any difficulty, return to the text.

a. b. c. d. e.

Interactive Writing Alphabetic Principle Negotiation Phonemic Awareness Concepts About Print

_____ 1. Includes knowledge about letter recognition, letter formation, letter-name correspondence and alphabetic order _____ 2. The understanding of what print is and how it works _____ 3. A powerful way to support literacy learning in children _____ 4. The process of developing concensus about the exact wording of the text to be written _____ 5. The ability to hear and differentiate between sounds in words

f. g. h. i. j.

Transcription Phonics Encode Stretching words High frequency words

_____ 6. A way to help children to say a word slowly and listen to the sounds _____ 7. A type of interactive writing which avoids long discussions and helps maintain focus on specific teaching points _____ 8. Associating sounds with letters _____ 9. Words that are used so often that they need to be committed to memory _____ 10. The process of building up a word while writing

k. Analogy l. Innovation m. Decode

n. Literate Environment o. Facilitator _____ 11. An environment where the print displayed becomes a source of information for children _____12. The role of the teacher during interactive writing _____ 13. A type of interactive writing that begins with a familiar text, but then changes it in some way _____ 14. Using a known word to spell a new word _____ 15. The process of breaking down words while reading

Key Concept Review After reading the text, fill in the blanks.

1. Interactive Writing is a teaching method in which children and teacher __________ what they are going to write and then share the __________ to __________ the __________. 2. During Interactive Writing, the children are engaged in the __________ process of reading and the __________ process of writing, all within the same piece of text.

3. Children are more likely to use the Interactive Writing as a __________ than teacher writing or __________ because of the __________ that comes with their involvement in the writing process.

4. When beginning an interactive writing lesson, it is important to use a __________ activity to initiate the writing process.

5. When the children and the teacher work together to develop __________ about the __________ of the text, this is called negotiation.

6. During Interactive Writing, the teacher asks the children to contribute a __________, a __________ of a word, a __________ word, or even ___________ words.

7. The finished Interactive Writing piece should not have __________ because the children will be using it as a model for both reading and writing.

8. There are three different types of Interactive Writing; __________, __________, and __________.

9. In transcription, the text is taken from a __________ poem, nursery rhyme, song, chant or book. The task is to work together to write the __________ of the original text.

10. In negotiation, a __________ and __________ text is created, based on a __________ experience.

11. The only materials that are absolutely necessary for Interactive Writing are something to write __________ and something to write __________.

12. The goal of the writing is to develop children s __________ reading and writing strategies.

13. During Interactive Writing, the teacher and the students share the role of __________.

14. When considering classroom management during Interactive Writing, __________ attention and __________ to appropriate behaviors is more likely to yield positive results than a negative __________ on inappropriate __________.

15. The key to classroom management during Interactive Writing is to establish a __________ that allows students to interact while maintaining focus on the task.

16. __________ during Interactive Writing should be very direct and explicit.

17. Words that are __________ can be stretched, which is a way to help the children to say words __________ and listen to the __________.

18. Interactive Writing can be used as the source of a __________ for Independent Writing. You should see new learning from the Interactive Writing lesson being __________ to Independent Writing.

19. After the Interactive Writing is completed, it can be __________ and then used for __________ or __________ reading.

20. Children should be encouraged to use the Interactive Writing as a __________ of __________.

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