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Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction-helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K-6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging students with picturebooks, fiction, nonfiction, and nontraditional texts. Lively descriptions of recommended books and activities are interspersed with invaluable tips for fitting authentic reading experiences into the busy school day. Every chapter concludes with reflection questions and suggestions for further reading. The volume also features reproducible worksheets and forms.

Setting and Description focuses on the effective use of descriptive writing techniques to depict a story setting. Students practice first-drafting, editing, polishing and sharing original scenes and stories set in realistically described times and places.

Designed to facilitate teachers’ efforts to meet the actual challenges and dilemmas they face in their classrooms, Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning : provides background information and key concepts in teacher research covers the \"how-to\" strategies of the teacher research process from the initial proposal to writing up the report as publishable or presentable work illustrates a range of literacy topics and grade levels features twelve reports by teacher researchers who have gone through the process, and their candid remarks about how activities helped (or not) helps teachers understand how knowledge is constructed socially in their classrooms so that they can create instructional communities that promote all students’ learning. Addressing the importance of teacher research for better instruction, reform, and political action, this text emphasizes strategies teachers can use to support and strengthen their voices as they dialogue with others in the educational community, so that their ideas and perspectives may have an impact on educational practice both locally in their schools and districts and more broadly. Preface Part 1: Defining, Planning, and Starting Your Teacher Research Part 1 Introduction So, What Is Teacher Research Anyway? Creating Your Research Questions—The First Step in Inquiry Planning Your Inquiry Writing a Preliminary Literature Review to Inform Your Inquiry Part 2: Enacting, Analyzing, and Writing Up Your Inquiry Part 2 Introduction Strategies for Data Collection Analysis—What do the Data Mean? Writing Up Your Inquiry as an Evocative Account Part 3: Teacher Researcher Reports Part 3 Introduction Katie Paciga’s Inquiry Paper Reading, Writing, and Sharing: The Journey to Become Kindergarten Authors Cindy Pauletti’s Inquiry Paper Word Detectives: Students Using Clues to Identify Unknown Words in Text Kristen Terstriep’s Inquiry Paper Toss Out Your Dictionaries: A Look at More Effective Vocabulary Instruction Sandra Zanghi’s Inquiry Paper Letting Their Voices Be Heard: Improving Literature Response Participation during Read-Alouds through Small-Group Discussions Tara Braverman’s Inquiry Paper What’s This Word? Helping Sixth Grade Students Use Reading and Vocabulary Strategies Independently Libby Tuerk’s Inquiry Paper Let's Read: Motivating Junior High Students to Become Life-Long Readers Meg Goethals’s Inquiry Paper \"Books that Have Ghetto Feelings\": How Reading Workshop Increases Inner-City Eighth-Graders’ Motivation, Engagement, and Comprehension Dawn Siska’s Inquiry Paper Challenging the \"I Quit!\" Going ‘Round and ‘Round with Literature Circles in a Secondary Reading Classroom Courtney Wellner’s Inquiry Paper \"But This IS My Final Draft!\" Making Peer Writing Conferences More Effective for Struggling 9 th Grade Students Shannon Dozoryst’s Inquiry Paper Using Writing Workshop to Guide Revision Nicole Perez’s Inquiry Paper Coaching as a Collaborative Process Catherine Plocher’s inquiry Paper Coaching for Change in a K–8 Urban Elementary School: Building Cultures of Collaboration and Reflective Practices Epilogue: Further Reflections and Possibilities Appendices Appendix A: General Peer Conferencing Form Appendix B: Common APA (American Psychological Association) Citing Conventions Appendix C: Reminders for Grammatical and Other Language Usage Index Christine C. Pappas is Professor Emerita, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Chicago. Eli Tucker-Raymond is Research Scientist with the Chèche Konnen Center at TERC.

Presents a collection of unconventional essays by leading writers to challenge how students think about essays using imaginative, rule-breaking, and unconventional examples.

This book bridges the gap between educational psychology theory and classroom practice. Specific objectives give teachers and teacher-trainees access to current advances in research and theory on human learning, teaching, and instruction in an easily understood and usable form.

\"Creative writing prompts that will have you cutting, folding, tearing, and ripping the page! Make creative writing more active and fun for elementary-aged kids\"-- Provided by publisher.

In No More \"How Long Does it Have to Be?\": Fostering Independent Writers in Grades 3-8, author Jennifer Jacobson provides the inspiration and tools to shift from a teacher-directed writing program to a student-propelled workshop model. Drawing on a wealth of Writer's Workshop experience in upper elementary and middle school classrooms, Jacobson provides strategies to help you engage and support writers as they discover their voices and take charge of their own learning. Jacobson shares tips on how to establish the spaces, routines, and tone to run a highly productive writing time: Building classroom spaces conducive to practicing thoughtful, engaging writing Rolling out a streamlined sequence of varied writing activities Leading creative explorations of mentor texts Integrating the riches of mini-lessons, conferring, sharing, and publishing Building a workshop curriculum that aligns with your goals and rubrics As she clarifies misconceptions about writing and workshops, she serves up an immensely readable blend of activities, anecdotes, and advice that will energize and inspire your students.