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"This book seeks to reinvigorate the teaching of writing by harkening back to the original principles of the writing workshop, offering teachers a meaningful way to teach children how to write with enthusiasm and expertise. The author argues that we must focus again on genuine curiosity, individual choice, big blocks of time, quality conversations, and powerful children's literature"--
After the children in Mrs. Peabody's class cook things which are all of the same color, they go out to eat something which is entirely different.
In Writing Through Childhood, Shelley dares us to rethink our beliefs about how we design writing workshops, use writer's notebooks, choose appropriate genres, and teach spelling.
Provides teachers with a method to help students develop into passionate, life-long readers.
A multicultural collection of twenty-one children's play rhymes.
Contains ideas for teaching reading and writing in the K-12 curriculum that include qualities of good writing, introducing literature, and rethinking of the writing workshop.
This seminal guide to school literacy programs offers an overview of the most successful strategies education leaders can use to build a powerful reading schools.
The activities in this book will help parents, teachers, babysitters, nannies, daycare workers, or grandparents spend joyous moments with the children in their care and help those children learn to read and write as naturally as they have been learning to walk and talk ? Features fifty easy-to-use activities using common every day, inexpensive materials ? Includes a glossary of common "literacy terms" and a bibliography of children's literature that the very young love best!
Contains data collected from the Manhattan New School from the time it opened which could change the institution of public education.
Important, yet playful, grammar -- Sensible sentences and categories of clauses -- Naming nouns and pronouns -- Vivid verbs -- Admirable adjectives and adverbs -- Among prepositions and conjunctions and interjections. Wow! -- Putting it all together -- Final thoughts: a spoonful of sugar -- Appendix A. Grades at which grammatical concepts commonly are taught -- Appendix B. Test yourself -- Appendix C. A collection of collective nouns -- Appendix D. Jean's suggested music for Rachmaninoff to reggae to rap -- Appendix E. Additional resources for classroom use -- Appendix F. Reproducibles -- Works cited