As I started reading Chapter 1, I found myself empathizing with those teachers who shared with Regie Routman that the harder they worked at teaching writing, the more difficult it became and the less their students enjoyed writing. I must admit that I have experienced those same worries. Continuing on with my reading, I found hope that I can become a more confident writer. Gaining confidence in my skills as a writer will reflect in the way I teach. Sharing ideas and writing practices with my teaching peers can help foster changes in my writing instruction and also help me to clarify my beliefs. One of my goals towards improvement, is to BE EXPLICIT - think aloud more in writing and reading, write more with my students and definitely celebrate writing every day!
I look forward to reducing the clutter in my writing files and to simplify my teaching of writing.
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Mindy,
I know that through this book and all of us collaborating, we ALL (teachers & students) are going to grow as writers.
Keep reading! This gives us what we're all looking for when teaching writing. Clear out those old files, Mindy. You only need this one to make you feel more confident.
Mindy,
This book is going to help us all. As I get further into the book, I'm beginning to think that somewhere we got it into our heads that teaching writing had to be difficult. I'm convinced now that the kids need to see our thinking out-loud process as we write.
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