5 Ways Creating a Memory Book Improves Writing Skills

  1.  As soon as you introduce your students to a 'memory booklet' project. They are interested.  It is about them and their days in your classroom. They start talking! [as if you needed that] .  However, talking is an essential pre-writing skill. 
  2.  A memory book is an authentic writing skill so your students engage quickly and easily.  It isn't exactly an assignment to write but rather an activity that children find interesting.  There is room for creativity.
  3.  They write!  Writing improves the skill of writing.  Their thoughts and ideas start to build on the page.  They encode the words. They write!
  4.  They share their pages with other writers.  We all know when we reread our writing and get feedback, it leads to revising and editing.  This writing skill is essential to good writing.
  5.  Providing adequate time for students to write is one essential element of an effective writing instruction program.  This activity allows you to give your students the opportunity to show what they have learned in writing this year in your classroom.
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