Description

Deedee and Adam talk about ways to increase the writing your students do across all of the subjects.

Why?

"Writing about content material facilitates learning by consolidating information in long-term memory."

Professor Steve Graham from the Teachers College at Arizona State University

• Having students write down what they understand about a topic, helps to identify gaps in their understanding.

How?

Here are a few of the suggestions that were listed in the article:

• I "wonder" journals
• Travel journals
• Low-stakes writing
• Student-created magazines
• Creative writing

Read this entire article by clicking:

• The Research is in:  Why Students Should Write in All Subjects

Additional ideas to incorporate writing throughout the day:

• Project-Based Learning Anywhere by Dr. Lori Elliott
• A Place for Wonder | Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades by Georgia Heard and Jennifer McDonough