Over the past two weeks I have learned many new techniques on how to look at children's writing. Not only the convention aspect of writing, but the ideas of organization, word and sentence variety, and fluency. I found that looking into student's work with more detail allows us as teachers to accomdate everyone's needs.
Before looking into the different aspects of writing, I based some of the student's writing on the looks. Just at first glance, many times I would assume that whichever paper looked the neatest would be the paper that would sound the best. I have learned that even if it does not look like a 'A' paper, does not mean that it isn't. I am glad that I was introduced to the writing characteristics and ways to apply them.
I look forward to observing more of the students' work and seeing the trends in writing. During my Tuesday Experience I hope to be able to read some of the children's work and be able to decide a plan that would help the children in their troubled areas.
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Hi Tina:
Great connection to what we learned in class and let me know how applying what you have learned in class works for your experience at your school on tuesday.
I agree that we have learned so much from the in-class discussion about students' pieces of work. Not only are we more prepared to be teachers, but we will be better communicators with parents because we will be able to explain important elements of writing. Recently I witnessed a parent-teacher conference and the mother even stated that she will make her daughter rewrite her homework several times until her writing is legible and neat. Though encouraging neatness is understandable and at times very necessary, it can also be problematic because the students will think that teachers and parents value neatness more than depth. Learning about misjudging writing was so valuable!
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