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Writing is talking on paper. If a child tells you that he doesn’t know what to write about, simply respond with this statement, “That’s so sad. It looks like you won’t be talking today.”
Simply
said, write ALOUD in front of your students for about 10 minutes each day. If
you don’t finish a lesson, don’t worry. Simply pick up the next day where you
left off. If you add on to your writing, students will add on to their writing.
If you revise your writing, students will revise theirs. These lessons can
easily stretch into 60 days, and it’ll be time well spent. Essentially, we’re
teaching the same concepts over and over anyway.
Take
time to SHOW students what’s going on inside your head. When I was a first-year teacher, my principal
said to me after observing a math lesson, “The difference in a mathematician
and a good math teacher is that a good math teacher can teach others how to
teach math. You’re a good math teacher.”
I’ve
always laughed about how that was a backhanded compliment, but I agree
wholeheartedly with him. I believe the
same holds true for teaching writing. If writing comes naturally to you, it may
be harder for you to teach others how to write. If it doesn’t, you may be the
best writing teacher out there.
Regardless
of how easily writing comes to you, be sure to share the thinking that goes on inside
your head with kids. Well, be sure it’s school appropriate! Some things you may
want to keep to yourself. It’s okay to get stuck. If that
happens, let your students help you figure out what you’re going to write next.
This packet is designed
to get you started writing aloud with your students. You can use the lessons as
they are written, or you can modify them to best meet your students’ needs. You
can use a computer with a projector, document camera, chart paper, or an overhead
projector when modeling. Just be sure the students see you writing.
