3344, Blog #3: Reading/Writing Process

The reading and writing process both have 5 stages. These are really helpful for children when first learning how to read and write and actually come in handy the rest of one's life. The reading process allows us to translate words so that we can understand what is being said.

The 5 stages for the reading process are:
Stage 1: Pre-reading in which we should activate or build background knowledge, set the purpose for reading, and we preview the text.
Stage 2: Reading which should include shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, buddy reading, or reading aloud.
Stage 3: Responding should include things like writing in reading logs or journals, ground conversations, and activities.
Stage 4: Exploring would be things like re-reading the selection, examining the author's craft, focusing on new vocabulary words, or participating in mini-lessons.
Stage 5: Applying would help us to deepen our interpretation and value the reading experience, this would include projects, social justice, and research.

The 5 stages for writing are almost similar, these include:
Stage 1: Pre-writing which allows us to organize our thoughts.
Stage 2: Drafting would allows us to write at least 3 copies before the final draft.
Stage 3: Revising is when we would add elaboration, adjectives, active verbs, and fix sentence structure.
Stage 4: Editing is when we would conduct our spell check, grammar check, and check for capitalization.
Stage 5: Publishing would finally allow us to share, display, or publish our final work.

I believe this is important to me not only as a present student, but also as a future teacher and mother of a student. This will help us make better readers and writers. We will learn how to actually make a story productive rather than just entertaining.
I do believe some teachers would use some type of writing process and when it was being used it really did make a difference in our papers. I don't recall having a rubric for my papers but I do think it would of helped a whole bunch. Writing has never been my strength, but I do put much time into it to make it the best that I can. I think I spend the longest in the drafting stage.