Questions 2 & 3 (Writing to Learn and Demonstrate Learing/ Collaborating)

How does writing help you to learn?

 Writing it down helps you think about it.(K)
 It helps me learn about different things like science and math (K)
 Next time you look at it, you can remember. (K)

 It helps to keep it in your brain and you can go back and look at it (1st)


NOTICE THE VALUE THEY PLACE ON WRITING TO LEARN AND DEMONSTRATE LEARNING. THEY “GET IT” AT THIS YOUNG AGE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT SERVES A GREATER PURPOSE.


How does talking about your writing help you be a better writer?

 It gives you ideas. (K)

 It helps me describe more. (K)

 When you talk before you write, it helps you think about it. (K)

 When I read my writing to other people I can see mistakes and fix them. (K)

 When you talk about your writing, you can ask questions and give comments about it. (K)

 Talking about it gives you more ideas and it keeps you from missing up and wasting your time. (1st)

 If you get a little wrong you can fix it, so keep a pencil with you when you’re talking. (1st)

 Other people can tell you things that you didn’t think about before. (1st)

 It gives me better ideas and helps me to think of more ideas and details. (1St)


WOW! LOOK AT THE VALUE OF COLLABORATING! IF OUR EARLY PRIMARY KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF TALKING ABOUT WRITING… WOW!