Reading-Writing+Connection

Reading and Writing are Connected

According to Roe, Smith and Burns (2005) the reason we say that reading and writing are connected is because they "use similar thinking skills, such as analyzing, selecting and organizing, making inferences, evaluating, problem solving and making comparisons: (p.319).



Reading" and writing reinforce one another" (Roe, Smith & Burns, 2005). This means that generally a good reader is also a good writer and a good writer will most likely be a good reader.

12 Steps to teach the Reading-Writing Connection The above site provides twelve strategies that you can use to make reading-writing connections with your students in class.

References:

Roe, B. D., Smith, S. H., & Burns, P. C. (2005). //Teaching Reading in Today's Elemetary Schools 9th edition.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.