A guide for teaching all your students the skills they need tobe successful writers The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed todevelop students' self-regulated writing behaviors andenhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundationalwriting strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primarystudents: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, andstruggling writers. Following the SCAMPER (Screen and assess,Confer, Assemble materials, Model, Practice, Execute, Reflect)mini-lesson model devised by the authors, the activities showteachers how to scaffold the writing strategies that students needin order to take control of their independent writing. * Reveals helpful writing strategies, including makingassociations, planning, visualizing, accessing cues, usingmnemonics, and more * Offers ideas for helping students revise, check, and monitortheir writing assignments * Explains the author's proven SCAMPER model that is appropriatefor students in grades K-3 Let Richards and Lassonde--two experts in the field ofchildhood education--guide you through these proven strategiesfor enhancing young children's writing skills.
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Janet C. Richards, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of South Florida in the Childhood Education and Literacy Studies Department, where she specializes in literacy. She is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Reading Education as well as a literacy scholar for the International Reading Association (IRA).
Cynthia Lassonde, Ph.D., is associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading, at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Oneonta. Cynthia has co-authored several books, including Teacher Collaboration for Professional Learning.
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Writing Strategies for All Primary Students contains an array of classroom-tested strategies that you can use to help students develop the skills they need to become successful and confident writers. Each strategy follows the SCAMPER (Screen and assess, Confer, Assemble materials, Model, Practice, Execute, Reflect) model devised by childhood education experts Janet C. Richards and Cynthia Lassonde. The mini-lessons from expert contributors found throughout the book can be used with all students including emerging writers, writers who struggle, English language learners, and advanced writers. As comprehensive as it is practical, Writing Strategies for All Primary Students offers
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A guide for learning how to screen and access students' writing skills
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Proven writing strategies, including making associations, planning, visualizing, accessing cues, using mnemonics, and more
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Advice for assisting students in revising, checking, and monitoring their writing assignments
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A model for incorporating writing strategy instruction and mini-lessons into any writing program
Written in a user-friendly style, Writing Strategies for All Primary Students shows you how to scaffold the writing strategies that students need to take control of and self-regulate their writing.
"This book fills a gaping niche in the available literature about teaching writing to young authors, and it does so with insight and panache. This very fine volume, written by some of the top thinkers in the field, comprehensively helps us understand how to engage young writers, how to assist them through the process of invention, and how to help them draft and shape their writing."
Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D., professor of English Education, director of the Boise State Writing Project
"This is a must-read book that contains a trove of excellent instructional ideas that answers questions teachers have about how to teach K-3 children to write well. Through actual lessons the authors provide strategies for assessment, planning, teaching, and reflecting about writing instruction that supports the differentiated needs of young writers."
Diane Lapp, Ed.D., Distinguished Professor of Education, San Diego State University
Includes classroom-tested strategies for:
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emerging writers
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writers who struggle
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English language learners, and
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advanced writers
Zusammenfassung
A guide for teaching all your students the skills they need to be successful writers
The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and enhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundational writing strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primary students: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, and struggling writers. Following the SCAMPER (Screen and assess, Confer, Assemble materials, Model, Practice, Execute, Reflect) mini-lesson model devised by the authors, the activities show teachers how to scaffold the writing strategies that students need in order to take control of their independent writing.
- Reveals helpful writing strategies, including making associations, planning, visualizing, accessing cues, using mnemonics, and more
- Offers ideas for helping students revise, check, and monitor their writing assignments
- Explains the author's proven SCAMPER model that is appropriate for students in grades K-3
Let Richards and Lassondetwo experts in the field of childhood educationguide you through these proven strategies for enhancing young children's writing skills.
Inhalt
Foreword by Susan B. Neuman ix
Introduction 1
Section I Developing Understandings About Writing Strategy Mini-lessons
CHAPTER 1 Teaching Writing Strategies in the Classroom 9
Steve Graham
CHAPTER 2 Incorporating the SCAMPERWriting Strategy Mini-Lesson Model into Your Writing Program 21
Cindy Lassonde and Janet Richards
CHAPTER 3 Architecture of a Mini-Lesson 33
Anne Marie Juola-Rushton
CHAPTER 4 The Role of Teachers' Evaluations 45
Jane Hansen
CHAPTER 5 Writing Strategy Instruction for StrugglingWriters 55
Rochelle Matthews-Somerville and Eva Garin
Section II Inventing Strategies
CHAPTER 6 Noun Charts 75
Cynthia B. Leung
CHAPTER 7 Growing a Poem with Interview Buddies 83
Cindy Lassonde
CHAPTER 8 Let's Tell a Story 91
Janet Richards
CHAPTER 9 Writing Rockets andOther Graphic Organizers 99
Todd Sundeen
CHAPTER 10 Interest Charts 107
Susan Davis Lenski and Frances Ramos Verbruggen
Section III Drafting Strategies
CHAPTER 11 Reread So You Know What to Write Next 117
Deborah G. Litt
CHAPTER 12 Where Have I Seen ThatWord Before? 123
Ilene Christian
CHAPTER 13 Storyteller Blocks 131
Joyce C. Fine
CHAPTER 14 Adding Information 141
Jane Hansen
CHAPTER 15 To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? 153
Cindy Lassonde
CHAPTER 16 Think, Draw, Write, and Share (TDWS) 161
Cynthia B. Leung
Section IV Polishing Strategies
CHAPTER 17 Act ItOut to Discover the Details 173
Joanne Durham
CHAPTER 18 Personal Editing Checklists 181
Janet Richards
CHAPTER 19 Adding Dialogue to Fiction and Nonfiction 189
Lori Czop Assaf
CHAPTER 20 Following Conventions for Writing Dialogue 199
Deborah Guidry and Neva Ann Medcalf
CHAPTER 21 Color-Coding Editing 209
Janet Richards
CHAPTER 22 Turning Up the Volume of Voice in Poetry 215
Cindy Lassonde
CHAPTER 23 STEP into the Shoes of a Reader 223
Noreen S. Moore
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