Capitalize on the Reading-Writing Connection

This chapter encouraged me to especially do more writing with my low readers. Yet they are also the students whose writing is so hard to read because of the errors in spelling and grammar. How not to be distracted by all of the errors is going to be the key for me at first.
The idea of using small notebooks in reading groups sounds like a positive approach to getting more than a pat answer. It would help students engage higher level thinking skills.
Overall this chapter reminded me that the key is to do more demonstrating and then practicing. It especially sounded promising for teaching summarizing, which is a difficult concept to teach.