How can we get struggling writers to write...and like it?
How many of you have students that are at the early stages of writing and struggle because they do not have the skills yet to write like their peers? Our students tend to avoid or give up any time a writing task is assigned. A great idea is to partner with a teacher of preschoolers or kindergartners and create big books for their classroom. Then your students could create books, using vocabulary they know and then volunteer in the classroom to read their book to the younger children. Everybody wins! Have you ever done this? What did you students think? Caroline Musselwhite has created a document to help explain why these opportunities are important and directions for creating a big book.
Check it out on her site under Tip from May 2003
http://www.aacintervention.com/tipthre.html#May%202003