Teaching Beginning Writers (The Essential Library of PreK-2 Literacy)

An essential "how-to" primer, this book examines the process of learning to write and shares evidence-based instructional strategies for the primary grades. With an emphasis on explicit instruction and scaffolding students' learning, the authors explain when and how to teach handwriting, spelling, foundational skills such as sentence formation and editing, and composition in specific genres. They present clear-cut techniques for assessment, differentiation, and supporting struggling writers. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Writing are used as a framework for setting instructional goals. Reproducible assessment forms, checklists, and rubrics are provided; purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

• Students Who Drive You Crazy
• Basic Reading Inventory: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve and Early Literacy Assessments
• Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition: The Hows and Whys
• Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition
• Developing Strategic Writers through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades 3-5
• Putting the Practices Into Action: Implementing the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, K-8
• Five-Minute True Stories: Animal BFFs
• Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources and Common Core Connections
• Helping Children Learn Mathematics
• Young Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction in Early Childhood Education