Hello Friends! I am
coming to you from Cambridge, MA this week as I am spending the week at Lesley
University. As a Literacy Collaborative
Coordinator, I head to Boston for a week of professional development in
literacy every year.
end of each day. We are talking about
literacy instruction this week, specifically on guided reading and genre
studies in writing. There is also a lot
of talk about the Common Core State Standards as well.
Writers. Let’s stop calling the time
before a rough draft ‘prewriting.’ Our
students are in fact writing. Let’s call
it ‘rehearsing’ instead.
writing?
what they do. Are they rereading their
work? Do they spend some time rehearsing
or do they jump right into a rough draft?
How is their writing stamina?
These are just a few of the questions we can answer about our students
as writers when we observe the process.
is to see themselves as writers…real writers who have something important to
say that matters to this world!
messy. We have to be okay with lots of
marks, fixes, corrections, do-overs.
their own approach to the writing process.
We need to teach different ways writers write and give students the
options to try what works for them as writers.
flexibility. They need to be able to try
new approaches to their writing.
and purpose so that they can see their writing as not just another assignment,
but rather as something of great value not only for themselves but for their future
audience.
for you to think about. Happy Monday!