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Writing Instruction in the Intermediate Grades : What Is Said, What Is Done, What Is Understood
by Robin M. Bright
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The process approach, portfolios, and research in reading-writing connections have influenced both thinking and practice in writing instruction. Here, author Robin Bright describes what goes on in intermediate classrooms (grades 4-6) where the writing process is emphasized. What teachers say and do, how children respond, what children write, and how teachers' and childrens' expectations and understandings about writing meet and sometimes diverge are all discussed in a lively style that draws the best of current thinking.
Ideas for Spelling
by Faye Bolton, Diane Snowball
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Ideas for Spelling is a highly practical book, providing a rationale for the teaching of spelling based on the nature of the English language and the natural development of children's spelling ability. Spelling is dealt with in the context of writing -- not just writing as an isolated area of the language arts, but writing in all areas of the curriculum. Detailed strategies and activities are provided for helping children at all stages of spelling development to become more competent spellers -- from beginning spellers to those who would reach a level of competency in the intermediate grades.
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On Reading : A Commonsense Look at the Nature of Language and the Science of Reading
by Kenneth S. Goodman, Ken Goodman
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June 2, 1998, From the author Kgoodman@u.arizona.edu:
This book is an up-to-date view of my model of reading. In this book I have tried to represent, in accessible language my model of reading as transacting with text to construct meaning. This model, developed through 30+ years of research is foundational to whole language and is the major target of the campaign to make phonics a national curriculum and methodology.
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A Fresh Look at Writing
by Donald H. Graves, Donld H. Graves
In an era when teachers struggle for quality time with their students, Donald Graves introduces a text that creates lifetime writers as well as responsible learners--a text that focuses on teaching that lasts. A Fresh Look at Writing is Graves's most comprehensive book yet. In it, he expands on many of his earlier approaches, examining portfolios, record keeping, methods for teaching conventions, spelling, and a rich range of genre including fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He demonstrates how to bring writing into your own life and experience the joys of the craft along with the students.
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Writing Toward Home : Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
by Georgia Heard
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Confronts the obstacles every writer faces, such as writer's block, fear of rejection, confronting silencing critics in one's head, finding the time to write, and much more.
About the Author
An acclaimed poet and writer, GEORGIA HEARD is the author of Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way (Heinemann, 1995), For the Good of the Earth and Sun: Teaching Poetry (Heinemann, 1989), and Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky, a book of poetry for young children. She has also published numerous essays on poetry and writing, and her poems have appeared in a variety of literary journals
Semantic Mapping : Classroom Applications (Reading AIDS Series, an Ira Service Bulletin)
by Joan E. Heimlich
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Semantic mapping, a categorical structuring of information in graphic form, has been used successfully in many classrooms. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to this instructional strategy and presents the theory that underlies the proven effectiveness of the semantic mapping procedure. Numerous examples of completed maps are included.
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Life in a Crowded Place : Making a Learning Community
by Ralph Peterson
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No one will deny that life in classrooms is an intense social experience. Crowded together with students for six or more hours a day in a space no bigger than a large living room, the immediate response of most teachers is to maintain control and enforce obedience. But creating a community-bringing students together and keeping them together-is the most vital aspect of a teacher's work. Without it, real learning cannot take place, as even the soundest philosophies and techniques amount to little without a community to bring them to life. The concept of community in the classroom is certainly not new, but little has been said about what makes up a community, how it is created, and what functions it fulfills.
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Semantic Feature Analysis : Classroom Applications (Reading AIDS Series)
by Susan D. Pittelman
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A must-have companion to Heimlich and Pittelman's bestselling "Semantic Mapping." The human mind categorizes information in memory so it can be retrieved easily. By capitalizing on this process, semantic feature analysis helps students learn naturally. The authors relate classroom applications through sample lessons to illustrate the breadth of successful applications. Teachers in K-8 classrooms will find the numerous examples of completed grids helpful.
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Emerging Literacy : Young Children Learn to Read and Write
by Dorothy S. Strickland, Lesley Mandel Morrow (Editor)
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Contributors to this award-winning book share practical ideas for day-care workers, classroom teachers, and curriculum specialists. Special illustrated format features "Ideas You Can Use" with 2- to 8-year-olds in classrooms from prekindergarten through second grade.
