additional resources
Beginning to Write
(Grade K-5)
Karen Valdes
The following may be helpful in setting up teacher study groups, action research projects, etc. for the purpose of digging deeper into Beginning to Write.
Teacher Learning Models
Faculty Study Groups:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm
Action Research:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/glanz203.cfm
Curriculum Resources
Adams, M.J. (1990). Beginning to read: Thinking and learning about print. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Adams, M.J., Foorman, JB./R., Lundberg, I., & Beeler, T. (1998). Phonemic awareness in young children: A classroom curriculum. Baltimore: Brookes.
Beach, S.A. (1996). "I can read my own story!"- Becoming literate in the primary grades. Young Children, 52(1), 22-27.
Bromley, K. (2000). Teaching young children to be writers. In D.S. Strickland & L.M. Morrow (Eds.), Beginning reading and writing (pp.111-120). New York: Teachers College Press.
Gunning, T.G. (2002). Assessing and correcting reading and writing difficulties (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Moats. L.C. (1999). Teaching reading is rocket science: What expert teachers of reading should know and be able to do. Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers.
Morrow, L.J. (2001). Literacy development in the early years: Helping children read and write (4th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Web Resources
User friendly online writing resources for students or teachers
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
An award winning children's author site
http://www.avi-writer.com/
The Five Paragraph Essay
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html
Phonological awareness literacy screening
http://pals.virginia.edu/Instructional-Resources/Helpful-Web-Links.asp
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
The Columbia Education Center (a nonprofit educational service organization) site includes a large collection of lesson plans for social studies, mathematics, science, and language arts. The lesson plans, created by teachers, are categorized by grade levels.
http://www.projecttime.org/resources/links.taf
Project TIME's acronym, Technology Integrated into Meaningful learning Experiences, represents the project's central purpose: using technology to make a significant contribution to meaningful learning environments for students.
