Shared Writing is essential in
developing competent writers in the elementary setting. Although I had not used the term "shared writing," I have used many of the concepts. Shared Writing allows students and teacher to be active in
writing together. For more information about ways to teach writing in the
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There are many different reasons why
Shared Writing is important. For many of the English Language Learners,
the students are learning about written language from the teachers and peers
while being actively engaged in the lesson. English Language Learners and
students who need additional scaffolding in sentence structure benefit from
Shared Writing because the teacher can allow students to come up with sentences
for the story and then assist with the grammatical correct way to write
it.
This can then transfer to cloze
activities where students are working to find the correct word that fits into
the sentence. This is important because students in USD #457 in third and
fourth grade take the Maze Aimsweb test. This test asks students to fit
words into sentences in a cloze activity.
Lastly, Regie Routman provides a list of Shared Writing
topics in her book on pages 112-118. This was extremely helpful as I
think about implementing Share Writing more into my classroom next year.
In case you do not have access to think book, you could use the random
prompt generator from Corbett Harrison. You may have to change the prompts a bit to meet the needs
of your students, but it is a great start.
I love shared writing,I think it is important for students to see what others have written. I think it helps them to open up to each other and the teacher to help them out.
ReplyDeleteELL students definitely need more scaffolding with their writing and reading comprehension. I have a couple ELL kiddos and I struggle with academic vocabulary and comprehension with them. I do not have any ELL training but I would love to learn how to help bridge these gaps for them.
ReplyDeleteI've learned a lot from this chapter as well. I never knew how important and helpful it would be to my students to share my writing with them. I can only imagine how much more important it is for ELL students. I know that any examples you can give to these students will help them understand what is being asked. The district I teach in has a high ELL population. I will be sure to share many types of writing with all of my students!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you specifically mentioned the implications of Shared Writing for ELL students. I had my first ELL student this year and struggled with additional ways to aide him. This book has given me several great ideas for next year and I feel like I can be a better teacher to my ELL students.
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