Comments on: 10 Myths of Writer's Workshop: Part 1 of 4 http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=465 Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mathew http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=465&cpage=1#comment-969 Mathew Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:54:24 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=465#comment-969 @Steven Regarding modeling and classroom management...I keep the times when I am writing directly in front of students to about 5-7 minutes max cuz watching someone else writing could be boring after awhile. I do additional writing while they're doing their writing and I sometimes share that writing with them. But if I keep my modeling times brief, I feel I can make clear that students shouldn't interrupt because it's my turn and their turn is coming. Regarding pride in work...I'm teaching the youngest students, usually second grade or thereabouts. Students always want to share their work and so I haven't experienced a lack of pride. Students can get lost in the process though, at the beginning of every session we review when the deadline is coming and towards the end of the cycle you have to push a few students along. @Steven

Regarding modeling and classroom management…I keep the times when I am writing directly in front of students to about 5-7 minutes max cuz watching someone else writing could be boring after awhile. I do additional writing while they’re doing their writing and I sometimes share that writing with them. But if I keep my modeling times brief, I feel I can make clear that students shouldn’t interrupt because it’s my turn and their turn is coming.

Regarding pride in work…I’m teaching the youngest students, usually second grade or thereabouts. Students always want to share their work and so I haven’t experienced a lack of pride. Students can get lost in the process though, at the beginning of every session we review when the deadline is coming and towards the end of the cycle you have to push a few students along.

]]> By: Steven Kimmi http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=465&cpage=1#comment-968 Steven Kimmi Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:47:14 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=465#comment-968 Myth #1 - I completely agree. What I think we need are some strategies for maintaining classroom behavior during these writing times. And, ways to further communicate any given writing expectations. What I seem to find is that there are one or two students who "don't get it" and come and ask you for further assistance, thus delaying your opportunity to model being a writer. This seems to go back to something you have written about before, differentiation. Myth #2 - I see one of the really important pieces to this being students' pride in their work. It would be easy to get lost in this time and mess around, unless there is some pride in what you are doing. I am trying to do more Presentation of Learning to help develop this sense of pride. Your thoughts? Myth #3 - I SO agree with you. Our prompts are nothing compared to some fo the stories these kids could tell, if we gave them the chance. Myth #1 – I completely agree. What I think we need are some strategies for maintaining classroom behavior during these writing times. And, ways to further communicate any given writing expectations. What I seem to find is that there are one or two students who “don’t get it” and come and ask you for further assistance, thus delaying your opportunity to model being a writer. This seems to go back to something you have written about before, differentiation.

Myth #2 – I see one of the really important pieces to this being students’ pride in their work. It would be easy to get lost in this time and mess around, unless there is some pride in what you are doing. I am trying to do more Presentation of Learning to help develop this sense of pride. Your thoughts?

Myth #3 – I SO agree with you. Our prompts are nothing compared to some fo the stories these kids could tell, if we gave them the chance.

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