this week's Virtual Field Experience video that demonstrates the use of Writer's Workshop.Work collaboratively with your host teacher, in your field setting, to design a writing activity in a 3 grade content area. This activity should support identity development through self-expression using ideas presented in the Week 5 Learning Resources.

Design a writing activity that includes multimodal text in a content area and requires the student to communicate visually and orally. This activity must foster student self-expression.

Implement the activity with your focus child, and reflect on the implementation as follows:

• How did the writing activity support and extend the previous reading activity? How might it support future reading in this and other content areas?
• How did the student respond to using multimodal text to learn and demonstrate learning?
• What benefits and challenges did the student experience by communicating learning both visually and orally?
• Why is writing to foster self-expression and student identity development critical?
• Would this activity work the same way in a remote learning environment, or would you need to make adjustments? If so, what might those adjustments be?

References:

Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2017).Virtual field experience: Writer's Workshop[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author. Note:The approximate length of this media piece is 35 minutes

Mesquite ISD. (2011, September 1).Writer's workshop[Video file.]Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI2LBpCwyOE Note:The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.

Children's Literacy Initiative. (n.d.).Writing WorkshopLinks to an external site.. Retrieved October 5, 2018, from https://learn.cli.org/best-practices/writing-workshop/overview

Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2017).A range of writing across the content areasLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/range-writing-across-content-areas

Sharples, J., Webster, R., & Blatchford, P. (2015).Making best use of teaching assistants: Guidance report Download Making best use of teaching assistants: Guidance report.[PDF.] Retrieved from https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Support/Links/Campaigns/TA_Guidance_Report_MakingBestUseOfTeachingAssistants-Printable.pdf Used with permission of the Education Endowment Foundation.

Howie, A. (2020). Utilizing paraprofessionals to support virtual learningLinks to an external site.. [Blog.] Retrieved from https://www.edplan.com/blog/post/utilizing-paraprofessionals-to-support-virtual-learning

TeachersFirst. (2017).Writer's workshop: Making writing a lifelong habit for elementary students: IntroductionLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/