I remember story time at school from Kindergarten at nap time. There was one story that seemed like they wrote it about me... about a memory I had of a family trip and always wondered how that happened! But I suppose it set me up to think that fiction and real life aren't always that far apart.
Absolutely awe inspiring. This is how I have taught. Reading and Writing every day just like adults - but I guess we are few and far between. I feel like schools have lost this approach, abandoned Writers Workshop all together for the safe and secure and monotonous Science of Reading. But where is writing in all of this?
Thank you for reading! Yeah! A kindred spirit. I feel a lot of schools never had this approach. Many of my fellow teachers were truly afraid of teaching writing because they could not control what the kids would pop out with. When I was a coach in the middle school a triumph was getting the science teachers to introduce more diverse reading into their class and also some written response. They beefed up their lab reports too! Thank you for commenting. It makes my heart happy!
I remember story time at school from Kindergarten at nap time. There was one story that seemed like they wrote it about me... about a memory I had of a family trip and always wondered how that happened! But I suppose it set me up to think that fiction and real life aren't always that far apart.
Absolutely awe inspiring. This is how I have taught. Reading and Writing every day just like adults - but I guess we are few and far between. I feel like schools have lost this approach, abandoned Writers Workshop all together for the safe and secure and monotonous Science of Reading. But where is writing in all of this?
Thank you for reading! Yeah! A kindred spirit. I feel a lot of schools never had this approach. Many of my fellow teachers were truly afraid of teaching writing because they could not control what the kids would pop out with. When I was a coach in the middle school a triumph was getting the science teachers to introduce more diverse reading into their class and also some written response. They beefed up their lab reports too! Thank you for commenting. It makes my heart happy!
Yes. This. I'm proud to say I instilled a love of reading in my children, both of whom are excellent writers and critical thinkers.