Ways of Writing With Young Kids

by Edwards, Sharon A.; Maloy, Robert W.; Verock-O'Loughlin, Ruth-Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780205337149
• ISBN10: 0205337147
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Ways of Writing with Young Kidspresents ideas and strategies for teaching children how to writecreativelyin fiction, nonfiction and poetry,conventionallyusing standard spelling, punctuation and sentence structures, andconfidentlyas they learn the roles and rules of written language.Ways of Writing with Young Kidsis uniquely organized in twenty-three ways of writing that expand beyond one particular area. Giving readers a new perspective, the authors adhere to a unique and easy-to-follow system-"The Five C's of Children's Writing" (Coaching, Creativity, Conventions, Choice and Confidence). Written in an easy-to-read format, the book explains writing ideas and strategies clearly and concisely in an open-ended, easy-to-do, and engaging style that offers readers lots of flexibility of how to use the activities with their children.Elementary school teacher.

Table of Contents

Introduction.
Features of the Book.
Uniting Creativity, Conventions, and Confidence.
Every Child Is a Writer.
The Meanings of WOW.
Teaching Conventions Unconventionally.
How to Use This Book.

1. Language.
WOW 1: Child-Made Alphabets.

Extensions: Inventing the Alphabet.

WOW 2: My Words Abound and Surround.

Extensions: Interest Fuels Learning About How Words Are Spelled.

WOW 3: 676 Sentences and Thousands More.

Extensions: Lights, Camera, Grammar.

2. Communications.
WOW 4: We've Got Mail! Letters, Email and Mailboxes.
WOW 5: Signs Are Billboards for Persuasion.

Extensions: Capitals Are Attention-Getting Letters.

WOW 6: What's the Forecast? Short Reports About the Weather.
WOW 7: What's for Lunch Today? The Menu May Not Be Real.

Extensions: Writing to Entertain.

3. Poems.
WOW 8: Making Moments for Poetry Every Day.

Extensions: Reading and Performing Poetry Aloud.

WOW 9: What's Hiding in Acrostic Poetry?

Extensions: A Treasure Chest of Spelling.

WOW 10: Concrete Poetry: Sketching and Sculpting with Words.

Extensions: Picture Poems Lead Children to Spelling.

WOW 11: Voices of Poetry.

Extensions: Visual Spacing and Punctuation.

4. Stories.
WOW 12: From Oral to Written Tales.

Extensions: Writing Stories Together.

WOW 13: Words for Pictures and Performances.

Extensions: Play Me a Story.

WOW 14: New Versions of Old Tales.

Extensions: Who Is Telling the Tale?

WOW 15: Fiction/Nonfiction Story Writing.

Extensions: Fictionalized Facts and Factualized Fictions.

4. Mathematics.
WOW 16: Math Riddles.

Math Riddle Templates.

WOW 17: Doug's Graph: Children Conducting Surveys and Polls.

Extensions: The Question & Answer Writing Game.

WOW 18: Garfield Meets Fibionnaci: Math Comics by and for Kids.

Extensions: The Mathematics of Comics.

6. Science.
WOW 19: Thinking and Acting as Scientists.

Extensions: A Doorway in Time.

WOW 20: Investigations and Discoveries.

Extensions: Research Notes and Summaries.

WOW 21: Attention-Grabbing Science Reports.

Extensions: Great Paragraph Journeys.

7. Social Studies.
WOW 22: A Child's Encyclo-MEDIA.

Extensions: His-Stories and Her-Stories Make History.

WOW 23: Community Rules!

Extensions: The Rules of Democracy.

Reference.