| Description |
xx, 298 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. 1. Learning to Write in a Quality Literacy Program -- Sect. 2. Sharing The Pen with Young Writers -- Sect. 3. Young Writers Engage in Literacy -- Sect. 4. Young Writers Engage in the Literacy Journey -- Sect. 5. The Foundations of Effective Writing Practice -- Final Thoughts: Language and Literacy: How It All Comes Together -- App. 1. Easel Specifications -- App. 2. Children's Literature -- App. 3. Self-Assessment Rubric for Interactive Writing -- App. 4. Analysis of Writing -- App. 5. Murals |
| Summary |
This text explains the practice of interactive writing, an instructional approach in which teachers and children collaborate to produce a written text. The book is specifically focused on the early phases of writing, and has special relevance to prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade 1 and 2 teachers. The authors show how teachers can use interactive writing to teach a range of foundational literacy skills by sharing the pen with young writers: letter learning, phonological, and orthographic awareness, learning the nature of words, building a writing vocabulary, learning concepts about print, organizing and composing narrative and expository text |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288) and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
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Language arts (Early childhood)
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| Author |
Pinnell, Gay Su.
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Fountas, Irene C.
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| LC no. |
99045057 |
| ISBN |
0325002096 (paperback) |
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