I have gained new insight to the of writing in my classroom. Many suggestions of how to use writing, especially "low stakes" writing, have been very helpful. I know I will use the activities for "low stakes" writing frequently to help my students get to the goal of being a "high stakes" writer so they may communicate well, as Mr. Dudding said. The activities that we learned of gives me a variety of ways to teach writing to learn. I don't just have to use journaling or my own "post-it note" activities. I now have more tools to work with.
The writing of my paper has been stressful but reflective. It is more of a private writing (another term I have learned this week) than an informational type of writing. I have learned much from all the research I have read, also. The research has given me new insights to my teaching format but has also validated some of my beliefs of how to teach across the curriculum. I hope to make the students' experience in learning more exciting from what I have learned this week.
I have also, learned from my fellow students in this class, just as our own students do. I have enjoyed the discussions, listening to opinions and new ideas. We all learn from each other, don't we?
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Julia,
Yes we do learn from each other. I hope to incorporate more of that peer teaching strategy into my classroom.
I agree Julia. I've enjoyed our class conversations and have realized that no matter what grade level we teach, we are all facing the same issues.
It does feel good when you hear fellow teachers talk about their frustrations as well as their "victories". Sometimes I think we can learn just as much from each other than we can from the experts. Lots of great ideas were given to us from Mr. D this week.
Julie, I agree that we have gained so many new tools to use for the upcoming year. Leaning new ideas from everyone has beenfun.
I enjoyed the class conversations also. During the school year, we don't get a chance to talk across the grade levels.
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