Macey's reflection on writer's workshop workbook

Macey Uehara
ITE 313
Reflection

Writer’s Workshop Workbook Reflection

Wow! The reading on writer’s workshops was very thorough. I feel like it covered every part of a writer’s workshop that we should know about. I liked how it even includes checklists for the students as well as the teacher.
I think that writer’s workshop will be an extremely useful tool in the classroom. I do not consider myself much of a writer (perhaps because I grew up with the traditional teaching method for writing), so I am anxious to see how this writer’s workshop approach will help my future students to see themselves as writers. I am so glad that there is a way to make students feel more confident in their writing and give them lots of practice. The best part about the writer’s workshop is that the students like it. If there’s any way that we can get our students to enjoy writing, I think it’s great.
Another thing I like about the writer’s workshop is the social aspect. I like that the students are taught how to share their piece as well as to listen to others’ pieces. By setting up all the rules for the classroom, the teacher is also setting up rules that students should use throughout their lives. For example, teaching the students to be accepting and encouraging of all students’ work may also teach them to be accepting of everyone’s ideas in and out of school.
I think that writer’s workshop is an excellent method of teaching children writing. It’s also great that the workshop is not a very hard task for the teacher or the students. It seems that once you get the hang of it, the workshop is easy to implement and fun to do. I look forward to trying this in our ITE 313 class, and someday in my own classroom.