I was in a Kindergarten class yesterday. It was Shawn's turn to read his story to the class. Cute little guy with wire-framed glasses, spiked blond hair and big blue eyes. As he sat down to address his audience of 20 classmates, he looked at them directly and said, "You are all going to love this story! It's about my crab."
Slowly and hesitantly he began to read aloud.
I...have...a...crab.
(Then, he looked up and grinned and said, "He has beady black eyes, shiny claws and he smells.") The classmates were mesmerized. Shawn continued.)
He...sleeps...in...a...cage.
(Giggling, Shawn says orally, "He leaves tracks in the sand of his cage and his cage stays under my bed. It is smelly too!"
I...like...him.
("I will bring him to school one day and will show you his trick of changing shells. You will love it."
Obviously Shawn has the skeleton of a fabulous story. Developmentally he may not be ready to write all he is wanting to communicate. Shawn just needs to be told that all of his spontaneous comments could be added to his story to make it great. Our writing is "talk written down."
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