Highlights from Chapter 6
Link writing with reading - integrate them when teaching
Begin teaching the reading/writing connection in kindergarten
Ensure students read quality materials
Students can revise better is they wait a day before rereading their writing
Written responses to reading that are beneficial to students:
book review
book blurbs
author profile
interview with an author
literature response
letter to an author
readers theatre script
Combine writing with science and social studies to "find time" for daily writing
Teach summary writing ( purpose of text, sequence of events, connecting new information with what one already know, put information into one's own words.
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I have been so impressed with what kindergarteners are able to already put into print. Wow, times have changed!
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