Writing strategies for all primary students : scaffolding independent writing with differentiated mini-lessons, grades K-3 /
Richards, Janet C.
Lassonde, Cynthia A.,1957-
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass,
c2011.
"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. ʺ Reveals helpful writing strategies, including making associations, planning, visualizing, accessing cues, using mnemonics, and more ʺ Offers ideas for helping students revise, check, and monitor their writing assignments ʺ Explains the author's proven SCAMPER model that is appropriate for students in grades K-3 Let Richards and Lassonde--two experts in the field of childhood education--guide you through these proven strategies for enhancing young children's writing skills"--Provided by publisher.
"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. ʺ Reveals helpful writing strategies, including making associations, planning, visualizing, accessing cues, using mnemonics, and more ʺ Offers ideas for helping students revise, check, and monitor their writing assignments ʺ Explains the author's proven SCAMPER model that is appropriate for students in grades K-3 Let Richards and Lassonde--two experts in the field of childhood education--guide you through these proven strategies for enhancing young children's writing skills"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Teaching writing strategies in the classroom / Steve Graham -- Incorporating the SCAMPER writing strategy mini-lesson model into your writing program / Cindy Lassonde and Janet Richards -- Architecture of a mini-lesson / Anne Marie Juola-Rushton -- The role of teachers' evaluations / Jane Hansen -- Writing strategy instruction for struggling writers / Rochelle Matthews-Somerville and Eva Garin -- Noun charts / Cynthia B. Leung -- Growing a poem with interview buddies / Cindy Lassonde -- Let's tell a story / Janet Richards -- Writing rockets and other graphic organizers / Todd Sundeen -- Interest charts / Susan Davis Lenski and Frances Ramos Verbruggen -- Reread so you know what to write next / Deborah G. Litt -- Where have I seen that word before? / Ilene Christian -- Storyteller blocks / Joyce C. Fine -- Adding information / Jane Hansen -- To rhyme or not to rhyme? / Cindy Lassonde -- Think, draw, write, and share (TDWS) / Cynthia B. Leung -- Act it out to discover the details / Joanne Durham -- Personal editing checklists / Janet Richards -- Adding dialogue to fiction and nonfiction / Lori Czop Assaf -- Following conventions for writing dialogue / Deborah Guidry and Neva Ann Medcalf -- Color-coding editing / Janet Richards -- Turning up the volume of voice in poetry / Cindy Lassonde -- STEP into the shoes of a reader / Noreen S. Moore -- Making pictures / Gail Verdi and Susan Polirstok -- Comprehensive, step-by-step composing for nonfiction writing / Janet Richards -- Mentoring authors' voices through readers' theater / Timothy V. Rasinski and Chase J. Young -- Think back, look forward / Tracy L. Coskie and M. Michelle Hornof.
Composition (Language arts)
English language