Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Writing Matters
I had one of those ahh hah moments when I was reading that part about teachers having to write along with there students and as part of teacher's meetings. I had never thought about that point as a teacher. In hindsight it make perfect sense! If we are to teach writing, we should be the ones doing the writing along with our students so we can set the expected behaviors and outcomes. This was such a profound moment of realization for me. I have experienced two different reading curriculums, but never was made to write in a conference or teacher's meeting before. This is a great idea, and I think should be part of training when implementing a new writing series or demand of our students. If we don't experience the struggles for ourselves as a learner and writer, how are we ever going to be able to teach our students properly?
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I had also never thought of this until a recent a training I went to. Recent being over a year ago. The black and white composition book we were given is still here on my desk at work. A few pages on writing territories are filled out and that is it.
ReplyDeleteLoving the Pocket Muse and I would love to give a copy to several of my co-workers.
I love the school I work at but as I am doing the reading for this class I am realizing that we have such a focus on reading but not writing. We have time when students and teachers read their own book but not a time when everyone writes in their own journal. At least not that I am aware of.