Download or read book Mini lessons in Revision to Support the Writing Growth of Primary Grade Students written by Deborah J. Orgeman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research question addressed is, what do mini-lessons in revision look like that will support the writing growth of primary grade students? This capstone investigates the role revision plays in the writing process, what age to begin teaching revision, the strategies writers can be expected to revise for, and what types of work to revise. The Understanding by Design curriculum model was used to create mini-lessons in revision intended to be taught within a process oriented environment by means of Bereiter and Scardamalia's Compare, Diagnose, Operate method and procedural facilitation. The mini-lessons address what beginning writers will require to build a foundation of skills in revision. Rubrics and checklists are included as assessment tools. A mini-lesson template is available to aide in developing new lessons as students' writing abilities require additional support.
Download or read book Teaching Writing in Small Groups written by Jennifer Serravallo and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revision Decisions written by Jeff Anderson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision is often a confusing and difficult process for students, but it's also the most important part of the writing process. If students leave our classrooms not knowing how to move a piece of writing forward, we've failed them. Revision Decisions: Talking Through Sentences and Beyond will help teachers develop the skills students need in an ever-evolving writing, language, and reading world. Jeff Anderson and Deborah Dean have written a book that engages writers in the tinkering, playing, and thinking that are essential to clarify and elevate writing. Focusing on sentences, the authors use mentor texts to show the myriad possibilities that exist for revision. Essential to their process is the concept of classroom talk. Readers will be shown how revision lessons can be discussed in a generative way, and how each student can benefit from talking through the revision process as a group. Revision Decisions focuses on developing both the writing and the writer. The easy-to-follow lessons make clear and accessible the rigorous thinking and the challenging process of making writing work. Narratives, setup lessons, templates, and details about how to move students toward independence round out this essential book. Additionally, the authors weave the language, reading, and writing goals of the Common Core and other standards into an integrated and connected practice. The noted language arts teacher James Britton once said that good writing floats on a sea of talk. Revision Decisions supports those genuine conversations we naturally have as readers and writers, leading the way to the essential goal of making meaning.
Download or read book Guided Math AMPED written by Reagan Tunstall and published by Dave Burgess Consulting. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's classrooms, the instructional needs and developmental levels of our students are highly varied, and the conventional math whole-group model has its downsides. In contrast to the rigid, one-size-ts-all approach of conventional whole-group instruction, guided math allows us to structure our math block to support student learning in risk-free, small-group instruction. Guided math goes beyond just reorganizing your math block; it also gives you an opportunity to approach math instruction with a renewed sense of perspective and purpose. Drawing on two decades of experience, Reagan Tunstall oers step-by-step best practices to help educators revolutionize their math blocks with a student-centered approach. Whether you're a new teacher who's curious about guided math or a veteran educator looking to hone your methodology, Guided Math AMPED will transform your math block into an exciting and engaging encounter that encourages your students to see themselves as genuine mathematicians. "Most educators have come to realize that the magic happens at the teacher table or during small-group instruction. If that's the case, Guided Math AMPED is the spell book." -JENNIFER SALYARDS, M.Ed., principal, Chamberlin Elementary, Stephenville ISD "Guided Math AMPED provides educators with a practical framework for enhancing math instruction in a way that provides research-based practices, differentiated instruction, and fun, all while strengthening relationships with students and developing math mindsets. No matter your experience or tenure in education, Guided Math AMPED will give you tips and tricks to implement in your classroom." -MATT BERES, district administrator, Wooster, OH "Guided math is one of the best things you can implement in your classroom, and Reagan Tunstall is the best to learn from, thanks to her perfect framework and step-by-step instructions. She has thought through every potential roadblock and offers concise solutions because she's experienced it all in her own classroom." -HALEE SIKORSKI, educator, A Latte Learning "Don't you dare let another teacher borrow this book . . . you may never get it back! From the rst page to the end, this book is lled with practical ideas and guidelines guaranteed to take your guided math block to the next level." -LORI MCDONALD, M.Ed., retired educator
Download or read book Getting to the Core of Writing Essential Lessons for Every First Grade Student written by Richard McNeel and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource helps teachers to incorporate writing instruction in the first grade classroom as an essential element of literacy development while implementing best practices. As a classroom-tested resource, Getting to the Core of Writing shows positive results in students' writing and simplifies the planning of writing instruction. It assists teachers in becoming familiar with the Common Core State Standards of Writing and provides resources to support the implementation of these standards. The included ZIP file contains information on how to establish a daily writing workshop that includes consistent, structured instruction to engage students in the writing process. This resource was developed with Common Core State Standards as its foundation and is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Download or read book Growing Up Writing written by Connie Campbell Dierking and published by Maupin House Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduce the effective power of the mini-lesson format into your classroom and discover the skills you need to teach your young writers. With fifty-nine mini-lessons organized by the function they serve in the kindergarten classroom, and calendars that outline skills expectations for your students' first year of writing instruction, this resource helps you customize the power of Writers' Workshop so you can meet the needs of your emergent writers.
Download or read book Writing Strategies for All Primary Students written by Janet C. Richards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Lassonde—two experts in the field of childhood education—guide you through these proven strategies for enhancing young children's writing skills.
Download or read book Strategies and Character of Revision written by Sonja A. Brazell and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many teachers would like to improve their students' writing. Revision is one of the crucial components of writing process in which students are particularly weak. This descriptive study focused on teaching students various strategies of revision through mini-lessons in the hope that students would use these strategies to produce better pieces of writing. I focused on the writing done in writer's workshop, and particularly on students who were working on short stories. The study took place in an honors sophomore English class and involved five students. Four mini-lessons on ideas/focus, organization, sentence structure, and word choice were taught, and data was collected through self-assessment sheets, conferences that were taped and transcribed, and rough to final drafts of writing. The data was analyzed by listing what strategies were used; by analyzing what changes were made over time; by developing a grid to look for any patterns; and by focusing on the areas of ideas/focus, organization, sentence structure, word choice, changes that "sounded better", editing, and global and local changes. The most obvious conclusion in this study of revision is that students must be taught how to revise. However, under this premise are many other insights. First of all, students need to have choice in that strategies of revision they choose to implement. This means that students must be exposed to many strategies in order to have choice. Also, students must have time to practice these strategies in class. Allowing time in class to revise emphasizes the importance of revision to the students, as well as provides time for students to play with the strategies and to see which will be beneficial to them. Futhermore, using literature to model the effects of revision can be helpful so students see concrete examples of what they are trying to accomplish in their own writing. Finally, students need to learn the vocabulary of writing in order to enable the teacher to technically explain what each student needs to work on and to assist the students in reflecting and evaluating their own writing."--Author's abstract.
Download or read book Growing Readers written by Kathy Collins and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary-grade teachers face an important challenge: teaching children how to read while enabling them to build good habits so they fall in love with reading. Many teachers find the independent reading workshop to be the component of reading instruction that meets this challenge because it makes it possible to teach the reading skills and strategies children need and guides them toward independence, intention, and joy as readers. In Growing Readers, Kathy Collins helps teachers plan for independent reading workshops in their own classrooms. She describes the structure of the independent reading workshop and other components of a balanced literacy program that work together to ensure young students grow into strong, well-rounded readers. Kathy outlines a sequence of possible units of study for a yearlong curriculum. Chapters are devoted to the individual units of study and include a sample curriculum as well as examples of mini-lessons and reading conferences. There are also four “Getting Ready” sections that suggest some behind-the-scenes work teachers can do to prepare for the units. Topics explored in these units include:print and comprehension strategies;reading in genres such as poetry and nonfiction;connecting in-school reading and out-of-school reading;developing the strategies and habits of lifelong readers. A series of planning sheets and management tips are presented throughout to help ensure smooth implementation. We want our students to learn to read, and we want them to love to read. To do this we need to lay a foundation on which children build rich and purposeful reading lives that extend beyond the school day. The ideas found in Growing Readers create the kind of primary classrooms where that happens.
Download or read book Mini Lessons for Revision written by Susan Geye and published by . This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to teach writing skills, language usage, grammar and mechanics in the writing process.
Download or read book Teach Smarter written by Vanessa J. Levin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover new, practical methods for teaching literacy skills in your early childhood classroom. Has teaching early literacy skills become a stumbling block to getting your preschool students kindergarten ready? Break out of the tired “letter of the week” routine and learn how to transform your lessons with fun and effective techniques. Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers will equip teachers to infuse every aspect of their teaching with exciting hands-on literacy teaching methods that engage students and help them build authentic connections with books, so that 100% of their students will have a strong literacy foundation and will be fully prepared for success in kindergarten and beyond. Respected author Vanessa Levin, veteran early childhood educator and author of the “Pre-K Pages” blog, breaks down the research and translates it into realistic, actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching. Features specific examples of teaching techniques and activities that engage students in hands-on, experiential learning during circle time, centers, and small groups. Offers a simple, four-step system for teaching literacy skills, based on the foundational principles of early literacy teaching Demonstrates how to build your confidence in your ability to get 100% of your students ready for kindergarten, long before the end of the school year Understand the problems with traditional literacy teaching and identify gaps in your current teaching practice with this valuable resource.
Download or read book Strategic Writing Mini Lessons for All Students Grades 4 8 written by Janet C. Richards and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short lessons with a big impact! Respond to your writers' needs with mini-lessons that will improve their craft and confidence. From the start, the I Can! chapter sets up writers to know what they can do, by learning to note and record their own strengths. Every chapter models strategies that foster students' self-regulated, independent writing, and includes adaptations that show how to adjust teaching for advanced writers, writers who struggle, English language learners, and extending the strategies across content areas. Each mini-lesson is laid out step by step for ease of use, including sections on: materials needed; modeling the lesson; student practice; and independent writing.
Download or read book New Roles and Routines for Elementary Teachers and Students written by Glenn Lawrence DeVoogd and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Units of Study for Primary Writing written by Lucy McCormick Calkins and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grades K-2 Lucy and her colleagues have helped hundreds of thousands of teachers take their first forays into the teaching of writing. Units of Study provides easy access to the magic of their teaching by presenting minute-by-minute, live-from-theclassroom coaching as they show you how to refine your lessons to meet the needs of the curious minds that you teach. Units of Study for Primary Writing includes: * The Overview: In The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing, Lucy equips you to organize a productive, well-managed writing workshop, introduces the methods that underlie all writing instruction, and helps you plan a yearlong curriculum in the teaching of writing. * Seven Units of Study: Each of the seven Units of Study supports 4-6 weeks of a yearlong curriculum. Lucy and her co-authors give you goals and assessment rubrics for each unit as well as the language of the minilessons within that unit. Launching the Writing Workshop Small Moments: Personal Narrative Writing Writing for Readers: Teaching Skills and Strategies The Craft of Revision Authors as Mentors Nonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny Packages * The Conferring Handbook: Lucy and her colleagues offer 21 key conferences to support the Units of Study. They offer the words, the structures, and the reasons for these conferences so you can easily conduct them in your own classroom. * Resources for Primary Writing - CD ROM: Watch Lucy and her colleagues teach some of the powerful lessons they detail in the units. Also find reproducibles, checklists, booklists, additional lessons, and invaluable time-saving resources. Also available: a unique, cost-saving supplementary Lucy Calkins Professional Development Pack / Grades K-3 / 0131982400 Coming soon! Lucy Calkins takes writing instruction to a higher level with Units of Study for Teaching Reading and Writing, Grades 3-5 May, 2005 / Grades 3-5 / 0325008701
Download or read book First Day Jitters written by Julie Danneberg and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head back to school with the bestselling picture book classic! The perennial classroom read-aloud favorite for students and teachers, reminding us we all get the jitters sometimes. A perfect new school year pick for kindergarteners, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders who are feeling nervous or anxious about starting their first day. Sarah Jane Hartwell has that sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach—she's nervous and doesn't want to start a new school year. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful. She just knows it. With a little convicing from Mr. Hartwell, Sarah Jane reluctantly heads to class. Shy at first, she's quickly befriended by Mrs. Burton and is reminded that everyone at school gets the jitters sometimes. A beloved and bestselling back to school staple, Sarah Jane's relatable story and its surprise ending will delight seasoned students and new faces alike who are anxious about their first day. • Includes a Certificate of Courage for First Day Completion and a First Day Memories Sheet!
Download or read book Come On Rain written by Karen Hesse and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. "Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising and joyous celebration....Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newberry medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.
Download or read book My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother written by Patricia Polacco and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing worse than a rotten redheaded older brother who can do everything you can do better! Patricia's brother Richard could run the fastest, climb the highest, and spit the farthest and still smile his extra-rotten, greeny-toothed, weasel-eyed grin. But when little Patricia wishes on a shooting star that she could do something—anything—to show him up, she finds out just what wishes—and rotten redheaded older brothers—can really do. Patricia Polacco's boldly and exuberantly painted pictures tell a lively and warmhearted tale of comic one-upsmanship and brotherly love.
