Writing Strategies for All Primary Students
Subtitle: Scaffolding Independent Writing with Differentiated Mini-Lessons, Grades K-3
By: Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. Lassonde
Contributors: Lassonde, Cynthia A., 1957- , author
Edition: first edition.
Series: Jossey-Bass teacher; Jossey-Bass teacher
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780470610718
Subjects: Composition (Language arts); Composition and exercises; Study and teaching (Primary); English language
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Teaching writing strategies in the classroom / Steve Graham; title: Incorporating the SCAMPER writing strategy mini-lesson model into your writing program / Cindy Lassonde and Janet Richards; title: Architecture of a mini-lesson / Anne Marie Juola-Rushton; title: The role of teachers' evaluations / Jane Hansen; title: Writing strategy instruction for struggling writers / Rochelle Matthews-Somerville and Eva Garin; title: Noun charts / Cynthia B. Leung; title: Growing a poem with interview buddies / Cindy Lassonde; title: Let's tell a story / Janet Richards; title: Writing rockets and other graphic organizers / Todd Sundeen; title: Interest charts / Susan Davis Lenski and Frances Ramos Verbruggen; title: Reread so you know what to write next / Deborah G. Litt; title: Where have I seen that word before? / Ilene Christian; title: Storyteller blocks / Joyce C. Fine; title: Adding information / Jane Hansen; title: To rhyme or not to rhyme? / Cindy Lassonde; title: Think, draw, write, and share (TDWS) / Cynthia B. Leung; title: Act it out to discover the details / Joanne Durham; title: Personal editing checklists / Janet Richards; title: Adding dialogue to fiction and nonfiction / Lori Czop Assaf; title: Following conventions for writing dialogue / Deborah Guidry and Neva Ann Medcalf; title: Color-coding editing / Janet Richards; title: Turning up the volume of voice in poetry / Cindy Lassonde; title: STEP into the shoes of a reader / Noreen S. Moore; title: Making pictures / Gail Verdi and Susan Polirstok; title: Comprehensive, step-by-step composing for nonfiction writing / Janet Richards; title: Mentoring authors' voices through readers' theater / Timothy V. Rasinski and Chase J. Young; title: Think back, look forward / Tracy L. Coskie and M. Michelle Hornof.