Comments on: Building a Community of Writers http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/ Start Early, Finish Strong Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:48:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-141 admin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:33:00 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-141 Elicia:I think the quote came from Quote Garden. Yes, ban the pencils. They will drive you insane. Pens take away a lot of excuses and time wasters. Make sure to tell your students that when they make a mistake just draw a line through the unwanted words and keep going. No scribble scrabble. (another time waster) Clicking pens are great once you establish the no clicking rule. Click on to start writing and click off when you are done. If you have pens with caps, toss the caps and just give them the pen. We keep the writing pens in a special box that the pen manager passes out to all. It works really well. Good luck on your first student teaching assignment. It is fun to have a group to mold and influence. Elicia:I think the quote came from Quote Garden.
Yes, ban the pencils. They will drive you insane. Pens take away a lot of excuses and time wasters. Make sure to tell your students that when they make a mistake just draw a line through the unwanted words and keep going. No scribble scrabble. (another time waster) Clicking pens are great once you establish the no clicking rule. Click on to start writing and click off when you are done. If you have pens with caps, toss the caps and just give them the pen. We keep the writing pens in a special box that the pen manager passes out to all. It works really well.
Good luck on your first student teaching assignment. It is fun to have a group to mold and influence.

]]> By: admin http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-140 admin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:27:16 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-140 Janice: I always enjoy your stories. You have a wealth of sweet ones. Thank goodness school did not squash your love for writing and that you are able to pass the passion from your parents to your sweet family. Janice: I always enjoy your stories. You have a wealth of sweet ones. Thank goodness school did not squash your love for writing and that you are able to pass the passion from your parents to your sweet family.

]]> By: Elicia http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Elicia Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:31:18 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-138 Thanks for writing this. I'm a student teacher about to embark on my solo teaching in a challenging, diverse 5th grade class. I'm going to be focusing my literacy instruction on notebooks and fluency strategies. You put the bug in my ear to ban pencils from our writing. What a brilliant idea! Could you possibly tell me where that Lucy Caulkins quote came from? I'd like to cite it and use it in a paper. Thanks for writing this. I’m a student teacher about to embark on my solo teaching in a challenging, diverse 5th grade class. I’m going to be focusing my literacy instruction on notebooks and fluency strategies. You put the bug in my ear to ban pencils from our writing. What a brilliant idea!

Could you possibly tell me where that Lucy Caulkins quote came from? I’d like to cite it and use it in a paper.

]]> By: janice | Sharing the Journey http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-136 janice | Sharing the Journey Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:46:20 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-136 I'm glad you're spreading notebooks like seeds! I'm still a notebook and pen addict, thanks to Santa Claus, who hooked me from the start by making sure there was always stationery in my stocking. Thanks to my mum's encouragement, my dad's storytelling skills and lots of reading and TV watching, school didn't squash my love of writing, as it does for so many kids. Our kids, like yours, have grown up in a house where reading and writing are as natural as breathing. Both my kids write well, which warms my heart; teenagers get a bad rep. The kids at Max and Mia's school are lucky to have your support in their tender years. I’m glad you’re spreading notebooks like seeds! I’m still a notebook and pen addict, thanks to Santa Claus, who hooked me from the start by making sure there was always stationery in my stocking. Thanks to my mum’s encouragement, my dad’s storytelling skills and lots of reading and TV watching, school didn’t squash my love of writing, as it does for so many kids. Our kids, like yours, have grown up in a house where reading and writing are as natural as breathing. Both my kids write well, which warms my heart; teenagers get a bad rep.

The kids at Max and Mia’s school are lucky to have your support in their tender years.

]]> By: cindy platt http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-135 cindy platt Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:13:05 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-135 Lori, Thank you for celebrating our love for writing. It is as essential to our family as a drink of water or a breath of air. Our children remind us to play with language more and I am grateful for their glee for life and language. Lori,
Thank you for celebrating our love for writing. It is as essential to our family as a drink of water or a breath of air. Our children remind us to play with language more and I am grateful for their glee for life and language.

]]> By: Lori Hoeck http://cindyplatt.com/childrens-writing/building-a-community-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Lori Hoeck Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:59:11 +0000 http://cindyplatt.com/?p=90#comment-133 It's always rewarding for me to read about how you write about writing, especially as you teach it to others. For you and your family, writing is not a subject, not a set of rules, not even work, but rather a living, breathing extension of yourselves. It reminds me to let my writing mind relax and play a little more. It’s always rewarding for me to read about how you write about writing, especially as you teach it to others. For you and your family, writing is not a subject, not a set of rules, not even work, but rather a living, breathing extension of yourselves. It reminds me to let my writing mind relax and play a little more.

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