The Need to Write

"Write what you need to write. Write to explore what you don't know and want to know. Write about what makes you laugh or cry, angry or happy, surprised or puzzled, worried or satisfied."
-Murray
You can write about anything and by getting out what you are feeling, one can get to know themselves better. There are times when things are just sitting in your brain and wanting so badly to be thought about and since you don't know where to start they just sit there until you finally go crazy and have to figure out the situation. I think if you could just deal with issues before that by writing about them, you could be relieved so you don't have to deal with those things anymore.

"During our read-arounds, we socialize together and create community, but we also teach and learn from each other."
-Christensen
In all of our education classes so far, we have heard how important it is to have a save environment for our students. So by getting to know each other on a more personal level we can create the connections and the community that will allow new friendships. I think the read-alouds are a great idea because you can always learn something new and by hearing other people's writing you can find things to bring into your own. Also by getting to know each other by what they write, you can create new friendships and new relationships between yourself and all of your students.