More About Teaching Writing! Ideas to Get Students Writing & Assessing Writing EP 10

Reading to Succeed with Elizabeth Morphis · Feb 23, 2023 · 24m

As the literacy graduate program coordinator at SUNY Old Westbury, one of my tasks every January is to run a literacy clinic for graduate students earning their literacy specialist certifications. For today’s episode, I’m sharing with you my observations from this clinic on what’s working for both teachers and students, giving strategies on how to encourage kids to write, and tips for assessing writing.

Kids really like to write.

One of the things I noticed is that kids really like to write. The catch is that they might not like the writing they’re doing in school. I’ve encountered students…