1. Reading this chapter helped me to see that I am a normal, functioning writer! I always felt that writing took me too long because I edit as I go and feel as if I go in endless cycles refining how I would like convey my thoughts. According to this book, that is what real writers do! I had no idea that I have been writing like a real writer. I can identify the steps the book presents in myself. I hope this means that I will be able to set up an environment, and work with kids so they can figure out how to do the same.
2. I connect with this chapter where it says that usually teachers do not teach writing, they just assign it. I have had many, many writing assignments in my life. I realize, that I have taught myself to write, over time, through …show more content…
It seems that the 6 Trait Writing Process allows children to work in whatever phase of writing they are in and is set up so they can move on to the next writing step when they decide they are ready, instead of a teacher telling them when they move from one phase of writing to the next. AMAZING! I can barely believe what I am reading. The Montessori curriculum has this process approach to teaching its curriculum. It was always inspiring and reassuring to me that my students would grow in leaps and bounds, typically ending at the same developmental and academic pit stop, without me even having to tell children when they were supposed to progress to a more difficult concept. It was so much more likely the children would ask what they could do next, or that they would stumble upon it and just keep working. It seems apparent in this writing approach, as the text suggests, that if you sincerely serve the learning process the “product” will take care of itself. That perspective seems to allow both teachers and students to be in the moment and follow where an academic adventure takes …show more content…
This chapter says, “Writing does not begin with prewriting, it begins with each student’s life, personal experience, and sense of what is important and what is worth sharing.(p.33)” This statement deeply resonates with me because I believe it is a critical perspective in the education of children. All curricular unit plans and lessons should begin with the child. What do they know and love? How can we as teachers build upon the knowledge they have so we can lead them to their next point of curiosity and understanding? Good teaching practices say that it is not meaningful or effective to just plug in educational units or assign a writing units for students. We must connect to who students are and integrate new information or assignments with who they are and the experiences they have
2. I connect with this chapter where it says that usually teachers do not teach writing, they just assign it. I have had many, many writing assignments in my life. I realize, that I have taught myself to write, over time, through …show more content…
It seems that the 6 Trait Writing Process allows children to work in whatever phase of writing they are in and is set up so they can move on to the next writing step when they decide they are ready, instead of a teacher telling them when they move from one phase of writing to the next. AMAZING! I can barely believe what I am reading. The Montessori curriculum has this process approach to teaching its curriculum. It was always inspiring and reassuring to me that my students would grow in leaps and bounds, typically ending at the same developmental and academic pit stop, without me even having to tell children when they were supposed to progress to a more difficult concept. It was so much more likely the children would ask what they could do next, or that they would stumble upon it and just keep working. It seems apparent in this writing approach, as the text suggests, that if you sincerely serve the learning process the “product” will take care of itself. That perspective seems to allow both teachers and students to be in the moment and follow where an academic adventure takes …show more content…
This chapter says, “Writing does not begin with prewriting, it begins with each student’s life, personal experience, and sense of what is important and what is worth sharing.(p.33)” This statement deeply resonates with me because I believe it is a critical perspective in the education of children. All curricular unit plans and lessons should begin with the child. What do they know and love? How can we as teachers build upon the knowledge they have so we can lead them to their next point of curiosity and understanding? Good teaching practices say that it is not meaningful or effective to just plug in educational units or assign a writing units for students. We must connect to who students are and integrate new information or assignments with who they are and the experiences they have