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** Reading and Writing Aspects of Elementary Education: ** [|Reading and Writing Citation] __**Concerns**__

1. Summaries are fully online and students do not have to read the books at all, these summaries can even be wrong. 2. Students can get the answers online for all of their assignments for the books by just using search engines like Google. 3. Computers can do all the writing for the students with things like spell check and thesaurus, these helpful tools actually can hinder students creative and learning process. This can also make them not know grammar very well. With computers doing all this work for the students, the students might not know all the rules of the English language and when it comes time to test for it they will not do as well on the standardized tests.


 * __Suggestions__**

1. Having a computer will help the writing process. To get the students to understand the grammar and all the spelling rules, you could have all the students write their paper by hand and then try and correct it. Then after that the final step can be to input into a computer to fix the final few mistakes. This will help the writing process and also help them become computer literate. 2. For the summaries you can ask for certain details to make sure they have read the book. You could ask what their favorite part was and have them say why and possibly have students include citations from the book into the report. 3. You can have reading time in class for the school books and help students interpret the books better, teaching them valuable skills relating to reading. With this I mean spend time focusing on reading and have students do in class assignments based on what they read in class so there is learning going on in class instead of having it due. Also with this you could give the students extra time in class the next day if needed.

__**Links**__

1. [] This site has some good tools for teachers to help the reading process from worksheets to find what students like to author sites that can help spark students interest. There are also some handy writing process tips on the left sidebar. 2. [] This site is a pay site, but there is a free 30 day trial involved. It looks like it has good games that will help students learn how to write well. 3. [] This is a very basic site with worksheets on how to write proper. The has many worksheets for students. If used at a young age these could be a valuable tool. 4. [] This site has some good ideas on how to make students interested in writing. It gives good ideas on how to get them started. 5. [] This site is very self explanatory. It shows how to teach students how to start reading, this can help if the reason that some students look up summaries is because that the student might not know how to read at all.

This video shows peer reviewing and how not to do it. It is a good tool to watch because the students are hand writing their papers and helping each other see the mistakes. The videos intended audience is the students. media type="youtube" key="iBuq4qgRhCc" height="349" width="560"