Is it Important to Connect Reading and Writing?

[geugene]

We cannot ignore the fact that reading and writing must work hand in hand. Show me a great reader and I will assure you that he is on his way to being a great writer or vice versa. Research has proven that the more involved students are when it comes to reading, the better writers they will become. Reading develops a child's ability to deconstruct and even reconstruct knowledge which must be done through writing. Reading and writing should occur naturally to construct meaning in everyday situations (Miller, 1982; Wilson, 1981). Students need to understand the importance of reading and writing in everyday life. There is no question about this. When reading and writing is put together, students are better able to think independantly, take more reponsibility for their learning and manage tasks effectively in content areas such as Math, Accounting and Social Studies.

[jwilliams]

It is very important to connect reading and writing. In the stages of reading development students are reading to learn. its all well and good that students read to learn but how does the teacher know that the students has really learnt or what they have learnt is accurate and free of misconceptions. This is where writing comes in, it enables the teacher to assess what the student has learnt. when students express their thoughts and feelings this gives teachers the opportunity to see what students are thinking and how they are thinking.

[mbutcher]

i supports my peers point that reading helps with the retention. As students write their brains are better able to process the information which was read. this enhances their understanding of the information. connecting reading and writing also allow students to critically analyze and synthesize information. when reading and writing is connected students are able to use the new vocabulary they learn during reading to construct their own ideas when writing.

[kmesmin]

The two are very much intertwined in that a good writer is a good reader and vice versa. I also believe that connecting reading and writing in content areas develops students critical literacy capabilities in that they analyse information form different perspectives and also develops meta cognitive skills. Also by linking the two the reading will assist students writing abilities and the writing will assist students reading abilities.

[kthomas]

Connecting reading and writing allows for students to express their understanding of the text they have read through their writing. It also allows them to monitor their own learning and to assess whether or not they have really understood or comprehend the text provided to them. In addition, connecting reading and writing gives the students a purpose to read text in their content areas because usually they are supposed describe or analyse what was found in the text. Students are usually excited to read if they have a purpose to do so.

[ehilaire25]

i must say Joseph i do agree with the point you made. teachers should make the reading writing connection so that students can be better at their reading and writing skills. it is important to remember to practice this skills with students so that they maybe become better readers and writers

[sregis]

When we hear the term "literacy" we atomically think of ones ability to read and write. These two concepts are interconnected as they coexist as the two main skills in literacy. It is important to connect reading and writing as reading exposes student to the structure and vocabulary of the content area while writing gives students an opportunity to use the structures an vocabulary learnt through reading.

[kstange]

Reading and writing are not two separate entities but one goes along with the other. Writing helps students communicate in their own terms what they have gathered from written text. Teachers can accurately assess a student's understanding of a concept only if they are able to express their views correctly on paper. Students who understand text but are not able to write what they mean are placed at a disadvantage if they complete writing assessments. Students should learn the value of combination of reading and writing abilities in order to take full advantage of learning opportunities. Writing should thus be encouraged just as much as reading in the classroom so students can practice using their knew knowledge and skills.

[kmitchell]

It is very important to connect reading and writing because it is a a reciprocal process, reading engages students by deepening their understanding, writing allows the students the opportunity to express their thoughts. one cannot do without the other. so therefore an individual ability to reading depends on their writing and reading depends writing.

[kmitchell]

It is very important to connect reading and writing because it is a a reciprocal process, reading engages students by deepening their understanding, writing allows the students the opportunity to express their thoughts. one cannot do without the other. so therefore an individual ability to reading depends on their writing and reading depends writing.

[cwinter]

Reading and writing are interdependent processes that are essential to each other and mutually beneficial. Selected reading experiences contribute to writing performance, just as selected writing experiences contribute to reading performance, writers acquire certain values and behaviors from reading, while readers acquire certain values and behaviors from writing and successful writers integrate reading into their writing experience, and successful readers integrate writing into their reading experience.
Hence, when they work together, they become tools for information retention and retrieval, discovery and critical, logical thinking, communication, and self-indulgence.
As a tool for communication, research says that as writing improves through daily communicative use, reading is enhanced (Goodman & Goodman, 1983). 
Both reading and writing processes are developed as the child has a need to communicate. The reader needs to read with the sense of the writer and the writer needs to write with the sense of the reader.  A reader need to make sense of what the writer is communicating through the text and the writer need to make sure that the message conveyed is clear and understood by the reader.  With that said, children are to make the connection that other children will be reading their writing, so that children will need to have a better sense of the writer and write better with the sense of the reader.  Children's communicative skills can therefore develop when they are given the opportunities to both read and write and so the connecting reading and writing is important as a communication tool.

[gonz12]

What comes first? The chicken or the egg? Reading or writing? They coexist. As human beings, we naturally write from our experiences, imagination and prior knowledge from what we have read. One cannot stand without the other. They reinforce each other therefore to increase competency in both areas, one needs to spend time doing both of them. We write to read and we read to write.
In addition, reading and writing is part of the communicative process. Writers need to make sure that the message is clear to the reader and the reader must make sense out of what the writer is trying to say.

[cglasgow]

Studies show that reading and writing across the curriculum are essential to learning and as teachers we need to make a special effort to to link and provide students opportunities to link these strategies. Students who can read with clear comprehension and write effectively about a given topic or subject matter will learn the material much more thoroughly than those who do not. The more we read the more we become proficient writers and fostering the development of one facilitates development of another.

Additionally, language skills should not be taught in isolation, therefore by teaching the correlation between these skills and strategies, students can employ these strategies autonomously in their content areas.

[cglasgow]

RE: gonz12

great use of rhetorical questions, significantly increased my thinking skills. additionally the idea expressed is exactly what is was thinking. it is difficult to separate the two or state which is more important than the other.

great response gonz