“Plants need water it need sun to” - The problem of kids not being able to write

Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2017/09/plants-need-water-need-sun-problem-kids-not-able-write/

On a bright July morning in a windowless conference room in a Manhattan bookstore, several dozen elementary school teachers were learning how to create worksheets that would help children learn to write. Judith C. Hochman, founder of an organization called the Writing Revolution, displayed examples of student work. A first grader had produced the following…