I enjoyed this chapter. It reinforced my belief in the power of reading and writing together. The different author quotes in this chapter adamantly stated that to be a good writer, one must read, read and then read even more. As teachers, we truly must protect our daily read- a- loud time with our students. The teaching opportunities from read-a-loud books are endless - author's purpose, predicting, sequence, figurative language, creating a shared writing about about what a character might do next.
Regie was right on about students desire and interest in rereading class published writing, present and past. Everyday someone is reading one of our class publication again. It is also easy to visualize how natural it would be to use your shared writing as a part of your daily reading, especially in a kindergarten or first grade.
This chapter made me realize that I definitely need to work with my students to do more expository writing. The Understanding Nonfiction guide sheet, found in Appendix D will help with this. The many suggestions for connecting writing during reading and the worthwhile questions listed on page 136 will be helpful in guiding my students to write in all subject areas.
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I'm with you Mindy. This was my favorite chapter in the whole book. I couldn't agree more on her comments and your comments about the power of reading as it relates to writing and many other aspects.
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