ch 14

Chapter 14 had some interesting point. It is very important to engage students in writing. The better the reader the better the writer and vice verse. The book says that having students publish their own personal books for their classmates to read encourages and promotes positive outcomes. The students enjoy doing the work and get excited to read their peers work. The students enjoy taking ownership of their published books. Teachers can sit up a certain area in the classroom to display the students work. I think that is very important. I was once in a first grade class and every week the students published a book. One week they published books about frogs. I noticed the children sharing ideals with each other about what they were going to put in their books. The children really loved working on the projects.