Write+to+Learn

Writing To Learn Every student reads, writes, thinks and talks in every classroom every day. ﻿Guiding Questions What is Writing to Learn? How can writing to learn increase student comprehension and critical thinking skills? How can teachers use writing to learn activities as informal, flexible assessments to guide daily instruction? How is writing to learn, different from writing to a prompt?

Writing to Learn Activity Write for 3 minutes about your use of CGW this month. Return to the Collaborative Group Work page, read each group's responses to the Learning as Collaboration article. Compare your writing to the reading responses. How did you use the article information when you planned your CGW activity? What will you do differently with your next CGW activity?

Writing to Learn Key Prinicples and Goal

 In your group read the Key Principles and Goals for Writing to Learn discuss with your partner any ideas, words that stand out to yor any Connections you make to the article.

Using a Protocol while Reading Group 1 will read //Specific Uses and Benfits of Low-Stakes Writing// using the Four A protocol. While reading take notes responding to the Four A questions. Group 2 will read //Writing for Learning-Not just Demonstrating Learning// using the Four A protocol. While reading take notes responding to the Four A questions.  <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Record your groups responses to the questions here: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four A Group 1 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four A Group 2 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Writing to Learn Activities <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Examine the following materials: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Each subject area has a packet containing subject specific readings and writing to learn activities. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Writing to Learn Activities <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Writing Can Make Learning Personal <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Free Form Mapping <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Math Autobiography with rubric <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Sample Writing Prompts based on Bloom's Taxonomy <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Getting Started Using Writing in Math Class <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Sample Math Writing Prompts <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Freyer Models <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Model Lesson Plan <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">After examining the materials respond to this question: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">How might you use one of these activities in your classroom?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Closure or Connect It <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In your group, return to the Key Prinicples and Goals and make any connections to the Guiding Questions.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Exit Slip <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Go to the Teachers' page, select your name and respond to the exit slip questions for the Writing to Learn workshop.