From the reading, NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
3 Things I Learned:
- "As they grow, writers still need opportunities to talk about what they are writing about, to rehearse the language of their upcoming texts and run ideas by trusted colleagues before taking the risk of committing words to paper." I knew this, but it does not happen much anymore like it should. So, even though this thought has crossed my mind, it doesn't happen in schools past the elementary levels, and it should happen some more.
- "...teachers must minimally understand...Ways of organizing the classroom and/or schedule to permit individual teacher-student conferences." This does not happen in the classroom much anymore either, and this should be something that is working on in teacher education, as well as something that experienced teachers often try to work on.
- "Writing happens in the midst of a web of relationships." It can be hard to imagine just how much can, or should, go into writing. It was neat to read about all the relationships and paths that writing crosses.
2 Things I Found Interesting:
- "One of the features of writing that is most evident and yet most difficult to discuss is the degree to which it has “voice.” The fact that we use this term, even in the absence of actual sound waves, reveals some of the special relationship between speech and writing." This was just a very interesting statement to me!
- "It makes a difference, too, the culture a writer comes from, the ways people use language in that culture and the degree to which that culture is privileged in the larger society." A lot of people would never imagine that culture plays a part in writing, so this statement was interesting.
1 Question I Have:
- What is the best way to incorporate all of these situations, like culture, technology, student-teacher conferences, etc., into the already crazy hectic and cluttered curriculum requirements? Just in little steps as best is possible?
Reference:
National Council for Teachers of Education, (n.d.). National council for teachers of education beliefs about the teaching of writing. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kBob4rwoBfMr5KibZLGhE7RopH9ZVrXij2XWhbNzeVk/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1
Related Resource:
This was a neat article called, 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing, and I thought this was a neat list with lots of possibilities.
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Little steps is a good way to start! Also spend less time teaching spelling words and vocabulary with worksheets. Use stations where kids word in small groups and one of the stations is you having conferences with students one on one. You should be able to talk one-on-one with a student once at least every two weeks!
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