Becoming a Teacher of Writing in Elementary Classrooms

Becoming a Teacher of Writing in Elementary Classrooms
ISBN-10
0415743206
ISBN-13
9780415743204
Category
Education
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
2015-02-01
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Mindy Legard Larson

Description

Becoming a Teacher of Writing in Elementary Classrooms nurtures teachers' identities as writers, connects to the realities of writing instruction in real and diverse classrooms, and encourages critical and creative thinking. Linking practice and theory to the fundamentals of becoming a teacher of writing, this text is about writing instruction as a journey teachers and students embark on together. The focus is on learning how to teach writing through specific teaching and learning structures found in the Writing Studio: mini-lessons; teacher and peer conferencing; guided writing; and sharing, celebrating, and broadcasting writing. Pedagogical features include teaching structures and strategies, "Problematizing Practice" classroom scenarios, assessment resources, and a Companion Website. Because a teacher who views him or herself as a writer is best positioned to implement the Writing Studio, four parallel texts, Becoming-writer, give readers space to consider who they are as a writer, their personal process as a writer, and who they might become as a writer.

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