CLS Early ELA Blog

This afternoon, I met with the Hudson Valley Writing Project Early Literacy Study Group.  It is wonderful to interact with such wonderful educators.  Everyone at today’s meeting worked with kindergarten students.  We read and reacted to the New York Times article.  Much of our talk was about authentic curriculum rather that isolated units of study during isolated times of the day.  We learned from Rebecca how much can be learned as students engage in an organic farm she has created at her school.  Eric S. shared the letter writing his students have been producing.  His students have been 100% involved in this writing endeavor.  He raised the question- How can we get students to be this wholly committed and involved in other authentic writing experiences?

Rebecca also told us about her poetry unit.

I hope to bring both letter writing and poetry to my kindergartners before the end of the school year.

ANy comments?                 Muriel Horowitz