Samuel Howze

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

Writing is intrinsically important to a student's development as a thinker, communicator, and growing professional. Thoughtful and rigorous writing instruction needs to be a regular part of our lessons and curriculum.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

One specific way of teaching writing that stood out to me was focusing on teaching short and succinct ways 0f communicating because that is what is often used professionally.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

I find that a lot of students who might be quieter speakers sometimes feel more comfortable sharing through writing. During distance learning that has often been in Zoom chat or other similar means.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

@J_Sanchez_SD @annalmurphy Absolutely, writing can be scary enough already, if we can support and encourage our students we can help them to be more empowered and willing writers.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

@Gonzalez990205 Yes, I definitely agree we need to present them with as many opportunities as possible to make writing fun!

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

One of the best ways of teaching writing that I heard this week was using sentences from a previously read text as a frame for having students write about an informative topic.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

@burkhardt_norma Definitely, sentence frames, word banks, or other forms of differentiation to help learners of different levels be successful.

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@J_Sanchez_SD Yes, conferring with the student to draw out their ideas rather than give them your own!

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

Effective writing instruction should come from enabling students to have a strong foundation of successful reading experiences.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

@annalmurphy Yes, I think connecting to culture is a way of grounding students' learning to real life.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

@J_Sanchez_SD I agree, and so much of what the students enjoy in the media (video games, movies, some youtube) could be considered forms of story telling.

[Samuel Howze @SamuelHowze1]

One necessity of instruction is allowing students to write about topics that interest them. This will improve their engagement and investment in the activities.