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Reading & Writing Teaching with the Traits of Writing The trait model is more than an approach to assessing and teaching writing. As Ruth Culham explains in her book/DVD guide Inside the Writing Traits Classroom, the traits are also a vocabulary teachers use to describe their vision of what good writing - any kind of writing - looks like. |
Classroom Management Classroom Management in a Reading Workshop During this reading workshop, students are reading self-selected books independently. While conferring with individuals, conducting guided reading groups or strategy lessons, facilitating book clubs, it is important that clear routines and procedures in place to keep independent readers on task and truly engaged in their reading. |
Integrating Technology Using Technology to Support Literacy Students love to read and listen to stories as a way to learn about the world and how it works. In this age of multimedia, a new kind of storytelling has emerged. Encouraging students to use technology as a tool to tell their stories is a great way to help them practice grammar, expand their vocabulary, and share their ideas with others. |
Scholastic Professional The Complete 4 for Literacy View this 6-part Scholastic Professional Author interview where author, Pam Allyn, discusses the use of four types of units of study in her book-strategy, process, genre, and conventions-to integrate reading and writing. |
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