Hicksville Kindergarten Students Host Writer’s Workshop

Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

Kindergarten students at Old Country Road Elementary School in Hicksville hosted a Writer’s Workshop on Jan. 6 featuring their knowledge of the “Star Writer Unit.” Through this unit, students learned letters and sounds which they put together to make words and then sentences.

The afternoon event started with the young writers singing "Spread a Little Sunshine” followed by students demonstrating the writing process recently learned. Guests were invited to explore the Writer’s Gallery Walk displayed around the cafeteria to see the growth and writing accomplishments of the students.

Hicksville ENL co-teacher Lucy Vieco shared, “The students are being taught developmental writing, which is not perfect writing, but rather the use of developmentally appropriate writing skills they have learned so far to approximate words. Moreover, students are encouraged to use all their knowledge of letters and sounds to write without fear of making a mistake. More importantly, we want to teach them the love of writing.”