Re: writing article #2

I think that it is awesome that we are already using many of these ideas in our classrooms!! Earlier this week I was at a workshop where we talked about best practices and how they are used in the classrooms. I think that many of the ideas that were talked about in the articles are best practices which makes it so easy for all of us to use them in the classroom. Teaching writing is probably one of the more difficult things for me because I often struggle with it. Showing the students that I struggles as a writer helps them to see that it is ok for them to get "writers block" as well. Ashley you mentioned writing to a prompt with the kids as they do it. When we do process pieces I model for my students each part of the writing process...it sometimes feels laborious but it has definitely paid off as the kids have become much better writers this year. In the past i have not done this as frequently and I have found that some of my students had a more difficult time when it came to prompt writing. Helping them to see exactly what needs to see what the expectation is for writing along with sharing the rubric has definately helped!!!