Instruction And Assessment For Struggling Writers

Author : Gary A. Troia
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781609180300

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Instruction and Assessment for Struggling Writers by Gary A. Troia Pdf

This unique book focuses on how to provide effective instruction to K-12 students who find writing challenging, including English language learners and those with learning disabilities or language impairments. Prominent experts illuminate the nature of writing difficulties and offer practical suggestions for building students' skills at the word, sentence, and text levels. Topics include writing workshop instruction; strategies to support the writing process, motivation, and self-regulation; composing in the content areas; classroom technologies; spelling instruction for diverse learners; and assessment approaches. Every chapter is grounded in research and geared to the real-world needs of inservice and preservice teachers in general and special education settings.

Author : Gary A. Troia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:851313824

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Instruction and Assessment for Struggling Writers by Gary A. Troia Pdf

Author : Nancy Mather,Barbara J. Wendling,Rhia Roberts
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470230794

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Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities by Nancy Mather,Barbara J. Wendling,Rhia Roberts Pdf

A hands-on guide for anyone who teaches writing to students with learning disabilities This valuable resource helps teachers who want to sharpen their skills in analyzing and teaching writing to students with learning disabilities. The classroom-tested, research-proven strategies offered in this book work with all struggling students who have difficulties with writing-even those who have not been classified as learning disabled. The book offers a review of basic skills-spelling, punctuation, and capitalization-and includes instructional strategies to help children who struggle with these basics. The authors provide numerous approaches for enhancing student performance in written expression. They explore the most common reasons students are reluctant to write and offer helpful suggestions for motivating them. Includes a much-needed guide for teaching and assessing writing skills with children with learning disabilities Contains strategies for working with all students that struggle with writing Offers classroom-tested strategies, helpful information, 100+ writing samples with guidelines for analysis, and handy progress-monitoring charts Includes ideas for motivating reluctant writers Mather is an expert in the field of learning disabilities and is the best-selling author of Essentials of Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement Assessment

Author : Susan Davis Lenski,Frances Verbruggen
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781606236666

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Writing Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners K-8 by Susan Davis Lenski,Frances Verbruggen Pdf

Many English language learners (ELLs) require extra support to become successful writers. This book helps teachers understand the unique needs of ELLs and promote their achievement by adapting the effective instructional methods they already know. Engaging and accessible, the book features standards-based lesson planning ideas, examples of student work, and 15 reproducible worksheets, rubrics, and other useful materials. It describes ways to combine instruction in core skills with ample opportunities to write and revise in different genres. Invaluable guidance is provided for assessing ELLs' writing development at different grade levels and language proficiency levels. This book will be valuable for teachers in general education and ESL classrooms; literacy specialists and coaches; graduate students in literacy and ESL programs. It will also serve as a text in graduate-level courses such as Writing Instruction, Teaching English Language Learners, and Teaching English as a Second Language.

Author : James L. Collins
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 157230300X

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Strategies for Struggling Writers by James L. Collins Pdf

Featuring a wealth of real-life examples, the book helps readers to understand the default strategies students bring to the classroom, and to work collaboratively on developing these into strategies for successful writing.

Author : Michael Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527543652

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Writing Instruction and Intervention for Struggling Writers by Michael Dunn Pdf

Writing is a challenging task for many children. To address this issue, many educational researchers advocate for schools to implement a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) model where struggling writers can be detected as early as kindergarten and provided with intervention programming to improve their skills and hopefully not need long-term placement in special education. Traditionally, schools have employed the wait-to-fail model where children were offered the opportunity to learn to read, write, and do math in the first few years of elementary school; if they still struggled at the end of third grade (age eight), then they would be assessed for special education. The problem with this was not only a delayed assessment timeline, but also the standardized tests not having an adequate set of questions to assess early-elementary grade skills, as well as the ethical problems and racial/ethnic biases of test questions. MTSS provides educators with a renewed emphasis on early intervention and progress-monitoring assessment once or twice a week to monitor each student’s skills and make instructional changes to promote success. This book offers a description and case examples of how schools and teachers can apply MTSS concepts for writing.

Author : Steve Graham,Charles A. MacArthur,Jill Fitzgerald
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781462508716

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Best Practices in Writing Instruction by Steve Graham,Charles A. MacArthur,Jill Fitzgerald Pdf

Highly practical and accessible, this indispensable book provides clear-cut strategies for improving K-12 writing instruction. The contributors are leading authorities who demonstrate proven ways to teach different aspects of writing, with chapters on planning, revision, sentence construction, handwriting, spelling, and motivation. The use of the Internet in instruction is addressed, and exemplary approaches to teaching English-language learners and students with special needs are discussed. The book also offers best-practice guidelines for designing an effective writing program. Focusing on everyday applications of current scientific research, the book features many illustrative case examples and vignettes.

Author : Curt Dudley-Marling,Patricia C. Paugh
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325007659

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A Classroom Teacher's Guide to Struggling Writers by Curt Dudley-Marling,Patricia C. Paugh Pdf

If you are an elementary teacher who struggles with struggling readers, Curt Dudley-Marling and Patricia Paugh provide you with quick, effective answers to your toughest questions.

Author : Kristin Ackerman,Jennifer McDonough
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Composition (Language arts)
ISBN : 9781625310392

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Conferring with Young Writers by Kristin Ackerman,Jennifer McDonough Pdf

If you've ever sat down to confer with a child and felt at a loss for what to say or how to help move him or her forward as a writer, this book is for you. If you are a strong teacher of writing but are not seeing results from your students, this book is for you. Authors Kristin Ackerman and Jennifer McDonough have been teaching writing for several years and know that conferring can be a murky and messy process--perhaps the hardest component of all. Written from the lessons they've learned through hard-won classroom experience--their mistakes and challenges--Conferring with Young Writers is based on what Kristin and Jen call the "three Fs" frequency, focus, and follow-up. They've created a classroom management system that offers routine and structure for giving the most effective feedback in a writing conference. This book will help writing teachers--and students--learn to break down and utilize the qualities that enable good writing: elaboration, voice, structure, conventions, and focus. The authors also provide the knowledge and skills it takes to confer well, which will help you improve as a writing teacher and give your students the confidence to think of themselves as writers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527541797

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Writing Instruction and Intervention for Struggling Writers: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support by Anonim Pdf

Writing is a challenging task for many children. To address this issue, many educational researchers advocate for schools to implement a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) model where struggling writers can be detected as early as kindergarten and provided with intervention programming to improve their skills and hopefully not need long-term placement in special education. Traditionally, schools have employed the wait-to-fail model where children were offered the opportunity to learn to read, write, and do math in the first few years of elementary school; if they still struggled at the end of third grade (age eight), then they would be assessed for special education. The problem with this was not only a delayed assessment timeline, but also the standardized tests not having an adequate set of questions to assess early-elementary grade skills, as well as the ethical problems and racial/ethnic biases of test questions. MTSS provides educators with a renewed emphasis on early intervention and progress-monitoring assessment once or twice a week to monitor each studentâ (TM)s skills and make instructional changes to promote success. This book offers a description and case examples of how schools and teachers can apply MTSS concepts for writing.

Author : Vicki Spandel,Richard J. Stiggins
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:49015001307868

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Creating Writers by Vicki Spandel,Richard J. Stiggins Pdf

From the Back Cover: The missing link in effective writing instruction is everyday assessment techniques. These techniques, when used by teachers and students, connect assessment and writing instruction to successful teaching. The benefit is an effective, efficient, and reflective strategy for teaching writing skills. Based upon seven years of collaboration in research and teaching. Creating Writers reveals a clear set of standards for good writing. The authors link these standards to practical strategies, encouraging good writing and evaluation. The result is highly motivated and effective writers and teachers. Creating Writers: Clearly identifies attributes of good writing with developed scoring guides -- Integrates writing assessment with daily writing instruction -- Offers practical tips for saving time and effort in assessing and teaching writing -- Presents practical instructional strategies, with illustrations of their use in the classroom -- Suggests how teachers can share views on what constitutes good writing and participate in evaluating the work of each other's students.

Author : Lisa Morris
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483306278

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RTI Meets Writer's Workshop by Lisa Morris Pdf

Tiered instruction for our neediest writers! Where does RTI fit into the writer’s workshop, especially for students who struggle or just aren’t engaged? Morris provides the answer with this user-friendly resource for implementing tiered writing instruction in Grades 2-6. Step-by-step strategies and rich classroom examples help you: Easily incorporate RTI within the writer’s workshop framework Nurture enthusiastic, confident writers with well-crafted, differentiated lessons Plan daily, weekly, and year-long lessons with low-stress diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments Save time with quick and effective progress monitoring techniques Reliably meet yearly AYP writing targets and build enthusiastic, skilled writers

Author : Gary A. Troia,Rebecca K. Shankland,Anne Heintz
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781606236291

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Putting Writing Research into Practice by Gary A. Troia,Rebecca K. Shankland,Anne Heintz Pdf

What are the most effective methods for teaching writing across grade levels and student populations? What kind of training do teachers need to put research-validated methods into practice? This unique volume combines the latest writing research with clear-cut recommendations for designing high-quality professional development efforts. Prominent authorities describe ways to help teachers succeed by using peer coaching, cross-disciplinary collaboration, lesson study, and other professional development models. All aspects of instruction and assessment are addressed, including high-stakes writing assessments, applications of technology, motivational issues, writing in different genres and subject areas, and teaching struggling writers.

Author : Mary Ann Smith,Sherry Seale Swain
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807775547

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Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers by Mary Ann Smith,Sherry Seale Swain Pdf

Many writing teachers are searching for a better way to turn student writing into teaching and learning opportunities without being crushed under the weight of student papers. This book introduces a rubric designed by the National Writing Project—the Analytic Writing Continuum (AWC)—that is making its way into classrooms across the country at all grade levels. The authors use sample student writing and multiple classroom scenarios to illustrate how teachers have adapted this flexible tool to meet the needs of their students, including using the AWC to teach revision, give feedback, direct peer-to-peer response groups, and serve as a formative assessment guide. This resource also discusses how to set up a local scoring session and how to use the AWC in professional development. Book Features: Introduces teachers to a powerful assessment system and teaching tool to support student writing achievement.Offers a diagnostic tool for guiding students toward a common understanding of the qualities of good writing.Provides ideas for helping students learn from models and give productive feedback to peers.Illustrates ways to adjust the AWC to various grade levels and different teaching goals. “Smith and Swain reveal how the Analytic Writing Continuum assessment tool can be used as a catalyst for a deeper understanding of writing and a source for a common language for teaching and learning writing. I would recommend this book to all involved in the process of English language arts curriculum and instruction.” —Jessica Early, Arizona State University “As a teacher of diverse students in myriad grades, I've found the Analytic Writing Continuum to be an invaluable tool. If you teach writing, you need this book!” —Bob Crongeyer, codirector, Area 3 Writing Project at UC Davis

Author : Susan Lenski,Frances Verbruggen
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781606236680

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Writing Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners K-8 by Susan Lenski,Frances Verbruggen Pdf

Many English language learners (ELLs) require extra support to become successful writers. This book helps teachers understand the unique needs of ELLs and promote their achievement by adapting the effective instructional methods teachers already know. Engaging and accessible, the book features standards-based lesson planning ideas, examples of student work, and 15 reproducible worksheets, rubrics, and other useful materials. It describes ways to combine instruction in core skills with ample opportunities to write and revise in different genres. Invaluable guidance is provided for assessing ELLs' writing development at different grade levels and language proficiency levels.