Readers Are Writers

Both readers and writers generate ideas, organize, monitor, problem-solve, and revise. In both reading and writing, the goal is to construct meaning. Reading contributes to students' writing development, and writing contributes to students' reading development.

At MPI, students are involved in reading and writing experiences daily. Some experiences are independent, while others are oriented toward the whole group.

In our class, the students listened to the story Snowmen at Night, by Caralyn Buehner. They were then invited to write their own snowmen stories. The focus was on creating a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. As always, they followed the writing process: prewriting (planning), drafting, revising,editing, and publishing. In this case, they all were required to use their best handwriting. The stories are almost done, and today we started making illustrations for them. They should be up in the classroom some time next week. Stop by and take a look. 

Posted on January 10, 2008 1:18 PM | Permalink