Raise Your Expectations

"Kids become writers by writing every day, not by completing excercises about writing. Students who are excellent writers write a lot." I appreciate Regie mentioning that if we are grading everything students write, they aren't writing enough. Having them involved in free writes, daily writing with self-selected topics, writing for real purposes and audiences, and writing to learn and think across the curriculum will only encourage life-long writers. I do like the idea of having school-wide expectations. I believe grades 2-6 at Buhler started this process by creating the one-page guides. So..."WHAT WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL?"