Reading and writing certainly are related. In fact, teaching one produces reciprocal gains in the other. I see this in the students that I work with during literacy lessons as well as in the classroom. And students who struggle with reading tend to struggle with writing and vice versa. Unfortunately, we do not always devote the same amount of time to reading and writing in the classroom. As a literacy coach, I encounter many teachers who do not see themselves as writers and are often at a loss as to how to help their struggling writers. Both reading and writing need to be a priority and teachers need to provide their students with models of good writing and multiple opportunities to write.
Here! Here!
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