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Writing Strategies for All Primary Students : Scaffolding Independent Writing with Differentiated Mini-Lessons, Grades K-3

Author

Richards, Janet C., 1936- , author.

Title

Writing Strategies for All Primary Students : Scaffolding Independent Writing with Differentiated Mini-Lessons, Grades K-3 / Janet C. Richards, Cynthia A. Lassonde.

Format

Book

Edition

first edition.

Published

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2011.

Description

x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

URL

<Cover image> http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9780470610718.jpg

Other contributors

Lassonde, Cynthia A., 1957- , author.

Uniform series

Jossey-Bass teacher.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 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.

Summary

"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.

Subject headings

English language--Composition and exercises. Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching (Primary)

ISBN

9780470610718 (paperback) 0470610719 (paperback)