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Scaffolding Young Writers

A Writer's Workshop Approach

By: Linda Dorn,Carla Soffos

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Scaffolding Young Writers

A Writer's Workshop Approach

By: Linda Dorn,Carla Soffos

The goal of teaching writing is to create independent and self-motivated writers. When students write more often, they become better at writing. They acquire habits, skills, and strategies that enable them to learn more about the craft of writing. Yet they require the guidance and support of a more knowledgeable person who understands the writing process, the changes over time in writing development, and specific techniques and procedures for teaching writing. In Scaffolding Young Writers: A Writers' Workshop Approach , Linda J. Dorn and Carla Soffos present a clear road map for implementing writers' workshop in the primary grades. Adopting an apprenticeship approach, the authors show how explicit teaching, good models, clear demonstrations, established routines, assisted teaching followed by independent practice, and self-regulated learning are all fundamental in establishing a successful writers' workshop. There is a detailed chapter on organizing for writers' workshop, including materials, components, routines, and procedures. Other chapters provide explicit guidelines for designing productive mini-lessons and student conferences. Scaffolding Young Writers also features: An overview of how children become writers; Analyses of students' samples according to informal and formal writing assessments Writing checklists, benchmark behaviors, and rubrics based on national standards Examples of teaching interactions during mini-lessons and writing conferences Illustrations of completed forms and checklists with detailed descriptions, and blank reproducible forms in the appendix for classroom use Instruction is linked with assessment throughout the book, so that all teaching interactions are grounded in what children already know and what they need to know as they develop into independent writers.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003842038

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9781003842033

Shaping Literate Minds

Developing Self-Regulated Learners

By: Linda Dorn,Carla Soffos

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Shaping Literate Minds

Developing Self-Regulated Learners

By: Linda Dorn,Carla Soffos

How can teachers create a literacy curriculum that builds processing links between reading, writing, and spelling knowledge? In Shaping Literate Minds: Developing Self Regulated Learners , Linda J. Dorn and Carla Soffos illustrate how processing theory can be applied to the everyday practices of classroom teaching. If instruction emphasizes the interrelationships of these three language areas, students learn how to transfer knowledge, skills, and strategies across literacy events. This is complex theory, but the authors provide clear and practical examples to support teachers as they incorporate these ideas into their classroom practices. Grounded in authentic experiences from primary classrooms, this book provides: Explanations of processing behaviors among reading, writing, and spelling knowledgeObservational tools that support teachers in noticing changes over time in specific literacy behaviorsGuidance on creating conditions for developing self-regulated learnersAuthentic reading and writing samples and teacher/student interactionsFigures and pictures that clearly describe how teachers can use assessment to inform and guide instruction, with links to national standardsDetails for establishing a school-based literacy model that includes team meetings, assessment walls, high standards, and a curriculum for literacyAppendixes with reproducible assessment checklists, report cards, task cards for literacy corners, and guided reading observation forms for team meetingsWith a national emphasis on accountability, high standards, and literacy achievement, Shaping Literate Minds will help teachers and administrators implement a high-quality literacy curriculum that links to national and state goals.

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213

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1003844146

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9781003844143

Teaching for Deep Comprehension

A Reading Workshop Approach

By: Linda J. Dorn,Carla Soffos

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Teaching for Deep Comprehension

A Reading Workshop Approach

By: Linda J. Dorn,Carla Soffos

Accompanying DVD includes a first-grade reading workshop (shared reading, author studies, share time), an adult book discussion, a fourth-grade reading workshop (mini-lesson and literature discussion groups), and more.

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Stenhouse Publishers

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Teaching for Deep Comprehension

A Reading Workshop Approach

By: Linda J. Dorn,Carla Soffos

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A Reading Workshop Approach

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Scaffolding Young Writers

A Writer's Workshop Approach

By: Linda Dorn,Carla Soffos

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A Writer's Workshop Approach

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Scaffolding Young Writers

Scaffolding Young Writers

Shaping Literate Minds

Shaping Literate Minds

Teaching for Deep Comprehension

Teaching for Deep Comprehension

Teaching for Deep Comprehension

Teaching for Deep Comprehension

Scaffolding Young Writers

Scaffolding Young Writers

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