Raising Writers Understanding and Nurturing Young Children's Writing Development

by Shagoury, Ruth E.

• ISBN13: 9780205514618
• ISBN10: 0205514618
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

With the guidance of children's writing enthusiast Ruth Shagoury, teachers will learn to listen toalltheir students and look at their written work with a new and appreciative lens-one that also helps them anticipate and encourage students in developing new skills appropriately. Drawing on her many years of primary classroom teaching and research, Ruth offers primary teachers, early childhood specialists, and caregivers strategies to nurture connections between oral and writing skills at every stage of childrenrs"s development for today's multicultural classroom. Ruth's thorough exploration of how young children learn written language presents teachers with the necessary tools to understand the growth and development of written language in a literate culture. Filled with a wealth of resources for extending learning beyond the classroom,Raising Writers: Understanding and Nurturing Young Children's Writing Development includes interviews with the author and book study questions making this a perfect book for book club study groups. Help your students make the transition from oral to written language! Explores thewritten language developmentof pre-school through primary school age children. Addresses importanttopics such as the role of the culture of literacy, how drawing and writing go hand-in hand, and the developmental path of spelling and conventions. Identifies the parallels between oral and written language developmentwith the use of a developmental continuum chart. In addition, the book includes an annotated guide with research foundation for the continuum. Includesnumerous samples of childrenrs"s workand photos to bring the information in the book to life. Offersbook recommendations for spelling programsand additional writing instruction resources, as well as picture book suggestions for multicultural classrooms. Includes abook club study guideat the end of the book.

Author Biography

Ruth Shagoury teaches new and veteran teachers at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Paying Attention to Miracles	p. 1
Those Aren't Just Scribbles: Analyzing Early Writing Attempts	p. 15
Drawing and Writing Go Hand in Hand	p. 27
Understanding Young Spellers	p. 43
Conventions and Beyond	p. 59
Language to Language: Special Considerations for Working with Multilingual Writers	p. 71
Stories: Writing, Talking, and Listening to Develop Language and Literacy Skills	p. 85
Developmental Progression in Invented Spelling	p. 99
Books to Support Writing Development for Children and Adolescents	p. 107
Readers Club Guide	p. 113
Questions and Topics for Discussion	p. 119
References	p. 123
Index	p. 127
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