Kendrah's Writer's Workshop Reflection

I enjoyed reading through Greg's book of writer's workshop. I felt that it was very thorough. I usually don't like reading and I thought this book would be very boring but it defintiely wasn't. Since we did get to practice writer's workshop in class that one day and I enjoyed it, I felt that reading through Greg's book would be beneficial for me. I hope to practice writer's workshop in my own classroom one day as an educator. I like being able to write my own ideas down on paper and the fact that no one will argue that i'm wrong. I also feel that it will be helpful for children who have trouble voicing their thoughts, opinions and ideas openly. I heavily support writer's workshop because I feel it is important to let a student freely express him or herself, especially through writing.
This past week, I've been able to do some mini writer's workshop exercises with the kindergarten children at Kapalama. The class separates into stations and I was instructed to run a station in which the children could write what they wanted about themselves. They had trouble at first deciding what they liked about themselves, so I told them what I liked about myself. Eventually, they all found something they liked about themselves and wrote about it. I noticed that they are discouraged to write if they don't know the correct spelling of words. Therefore, when they asked me for the correct spelling I just told them to write it the way they think the word is spelt. After that the children were able to write without any problems. I belive that writer's workshop is a very important tool in the writing process.