Promoting Writing in the Primary Grades

 Welcome to our last week of blogging guys.  As the course LIT102 is coming to an end I wish to share with you information on CREATING A WRITING ENVIRONMENT.  Throughout all our blogs thus far, we have spoken about writing traits, strategies and various writing genres . However, in order for our students to apply what they have learnt about writing, we as teachers must create a comfortable and exciting place that will make them want to write. As Barry Saide once said "Everyone should have an oppurtunity to learn in a positive environment, to enjoy the learning process, and feel comfortable and content within it."   Therefore, I wish to share with you ways you as teachers can create an environment to motivate your writers.  How to Create an Environment that Motivates Writers Instill Self Efficacy Self efficacy  is the 'I believe in me! feeling within an individual. It is therefore important that as teachers we give students meaningful and positive feedback. This type of f

Welcome Back!  I am so happy to be back this week with another blog post. But...  This is the final post as the semester comes to an end. Before I log off.... We have one last thing to talk about.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have been engaged in some interesting topics of discussion  genres of writing, the traits of writing, writing workshops, the best practices and the different strategies Now it is time to tie everything together.  This week's blog post is all about  Creating a Climate for Writing The climate we are speaking as it relates to writing, refers to the level of comfort or the level of excitement for any student author. This not only includes the physical environment , but also the psychological environment as well. Students should feel challenged yet motivated to write.  In order to create an enviro

 HAPPY FRIDAY!! 😁 WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER BLOG POST I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for supporting me on this blog adventure. It was an incredible experience, and I am grateful to have been a part of it.   👍💓😊 This is week is our last and final week of blogging and we are going to talk about "Creating a climate for writing". Which location do you like to write in? I enjoy writing in a pleasant, tranquil, distraction-free atmosphere since it helps my thoughts to flow more freely. It is vital that all writers write in an environment that is conducive to creativity.  It is a welcoming yet exciting environment is effective for aspiring writers. How can I create a climate to motivate students to write? To instill self-efficacy When positive comments include suggestions for improvement, the writer's self-efficacy is developed and reinforced. I believe as teacher, we should always make suggestion to our stu