Thinking about how students often do not see writing as a way to learn, but how they think of it as a way to be assessed. Writing involves so much of our brain! We need to ask our students to wrote more short responses to what they read.
Read this synopsis of a national report for ideas:
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/Synopsis%20Writing%20to%20Read.pdf
Dearest Sirpa,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. The longer I teach the more I'm convinced of the critical connection between reading and writing well and I feel blessed to be able to teach both.
Thanks for the great education you provided.
Pat