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Ages 5-8
What’s Next for this Beginning Writer? Mini-lessons that take writing from scribbles to script
Janine Reid & Betty Schultze, with Ulla Petersen
This practical and comprehensive resource addresses the most common questions that teachers ask about teaching writing to young children. It offers a step-by-step approach to engaging young writers and developing confident readers and writers. Based on the work of real pupils aged 5 to 8, it suggests ways to interpret children’s work, identify what they know and build naturally on the writing strengths displayed.
A series of writing lesson plans form the core of the book. Using the case studies provided, the authors show how to celebrate a pupil’s work, develop it and set goals for the next piece of writing. This is followed by a mini-lesson that builds on the work done and suggests group and whole-class activities to use with others at a similar stage.
This book strives to help teachers achieve the delicate balance through which a child learns from direct instruction as well as from the learning environment. Full of samples of class work, this comprehensive book also includes tips for keeping parents informed and involved, and a list of recommended children's books.
Contents
Introduction: A Foundation for Writing Instruction; Making a Picture That Tells a Story; Telling a Story from a Picture; Finding Words and Letters Around the Room; Using Labels as a Writing Tool for Beginners; Writing at the Bottom of the Page; Reinforcing the Learning: Making Stories from Pictures; Telling a Story with Kidwriting; Putting More Detail in Pictures; Putting More Detail in Writing; Reinforcing the Learning: Writing Stories; Writing from Your Life; Starting with a Title; Making All the Sentences Belong; Remembering Details; Adding Direct Speech; Expressing Your Feelings; Reinforcing the Learning: Writing Personal Stories; Introducing Story Grammar; Using Story Grammar to Build a Story; Shaping a Story into a Poem; Writing Non-Fiction; Reinforcing the Learning: Reviewing Genres; Appendices; References; Index
2005 128 pp paperback
978-155138-187-9
£19.99
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