Writing Sense

Writing Sense

Author: Juli Kendall

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1571104429

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The authors suggest a strategy of integrating writing and reading instruction to help their English language learners become stronger writers. The guide also outlines the classroom conditions necessary for successful writing instruction with English language learners, whether in writing workshop and/or small-group instruction. Kindergarten through grade 8.


Integrating Literacy and Technology

Integrating Literacy and Technology

Author: Susan Watts Taffe

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2007-04-09

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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An accessible resource for busy teachers, this informative book sets the stage for using technology effectively in the literacy classroom. The authors take the reader step by step through the ongoing cycle of planning, teaching, and assessment in a technology-rich environment. They demonstrate how to use the Internet and reading and writing software not only to teach core literacy skills, but also to help children develop new reading and communication competencies for the digital age. Vivid classroom examples illustrate specific strategies for explicit instruction, teacher modeling, think-alouds, and interactive demonstration. The book also offers tools and tips to support professional development, including reproducible materials for use by individual teachers or study groups.


Talk Read Talk Write

Talk Read Talk Write

Author: Nancy Motley

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780997740219

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a practical routine for learning in all content areas (k-12)


Best Practices in Writing Instruction

Best Practices in Writing Instruction

Author: Steve Graham

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2013-03-19

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1462508715

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Highly practical and accessible, this indispensable book provides clear-cut strategies for improving K-12 writing instruction. The contributors are leading authorities who demonstrate proven ways to teach different aspects of writing, with chapters on planning, revision, sentence construction, handwriting, spelling, and motivation. The use of the Internet in instruction is addressed, and exemplary approaches to teaching English-language learners and students with special needs are discussed. The book also offers best-practice guidelines for designing an effective writing program. Focusing on everyday applications of current scientific research, the book features many illustrative case examples and vignettes.


Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5

Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction, Grades K-5

Author: Seth A. Parsons

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1462546048

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What are the principles that every elementary teacher must learn in order to plan and adapt successful literacy instruction? This concise course text and practitioner resource brings together leading experts to explain the guiding ideas that underlie effective instructional practice. Each chapter reviews one or more key principles and highlights ways to apply them flexibly in diverse classrooms and across grade levels and content areas. Chapters cover core instructional topics (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension); high-quality learning environments; major issues such as assessment, differentiation, explicit instruction, equity, and culturally relevant pedagogy; and the importance of teachers’ reflective practice and lifelong learning.


Teaching Disciplinary Literacy in Grades K-6

Teaching Disciplinary Literacy in Grades K-6

Author: Sarah M. Lupo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-06

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1000433900

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Accessible and engaging, this text provides a comprehensive framework and practical strategies for infusing content-area instruction in math, social studies, and science into literacy instruction for grades K-6. Throughout ten clear thematic chapters, the authors introduce an innovative Content-Driven Integration (CDI) model and a roadmap to apply it in the classroom. Each chapter provides invaluable tools and techniques for pre-service classroom teachers to create a quality integrated thematic unit from start to finish. Features include Chapter Previews, Anticipation Guides, Questions to Ponder, Teacher Spotlights, "Now You Try it" sections, and more. Using authentic examples to highlight actual challenges and teacher experiences, this text illustrates what integrating high-quality, rich content-infused literacy looks like in the real world. Celebrating student diversity, this book discusses how to meet a wide variety of students’ needs, with a focus on English Language Learners, culturally and linguistically diverse students, and students with reading and writing difficulties. A thorough guide to disciplinary integration, this book is an essential text for courses on disciplinary literacy, elementary/primary literacy, and English Language Arts (ELA) methods, and is ideal for pre-service and in-service ELA and literacy teachers, as well as consultants, literacy scholars, and curriculum specialists.


Writing to Learn

Writing to Learn

Author: William Zinsser

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0062244698

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This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.


Interactive Writing

Interactive Writing

Author: Andrea McCarrier

Publisher: F&p Professional Books and Mul

Published: 2018-08-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325099262

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Interactive Writing is specifically focused on the early phases of writing, and has special relevance to prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade 1 and 2 teachers.