Re: Writing First Article

Julie and Ashley-

I definitely agree with you that things have to go hand in hand and Julie-your real life example about your nephew help to put things into perspective. To him he was reading what he had written however most others would not understand anything that he had written in his journal. The other piece is that what he was reading to you may have changed from the original "writing" that he had done. I think that developmentally it is important that we allow children to use the invented spelling and writing in written responses and in their writing. It is hard to decide exactly what should be done first as a generic blanket statement. I think that as teachers of literacy we need to work to meet the individual needs of the students in our classrooms.

This article has definitely made me think about writing in regards to how it should or could be taught!!!