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Hall, Nigel, Ed.; Robinson, Anne, Ed. – 1994
Through accessible case studies, this book offers insights into the numerous ways in which "interactive writing" (participation of two or more friendly correspondents who exchange texts across an extended period of time) can facilitate children's writing skills. The book notes that interactive writing provides children with enjoyable…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Class Activities, Dialog Journals
Epstein, Maria – 2002
Children in the emergent writing stage write in pre-conventional or emergent forms (scribbling, drawing, non-phonetic letterings, and phonetic spelling) before they write conventionally. A special education teacher in a kindergarten inclusion setting in the Bronx, New York, noticing that her students did not particularly like to write, decided and…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Keith, Lori; Morrison, George S.; Brown, Karon – Texas Child Care, 2002
Discusses the increased literacy emphasis in schools and how early childhood programs can provide an enriched literacy environment. Defines and provides suggestions for activities related to basic literacy concepts: listening comprehension, phonological awareness, reading motivation, written expression, letter and early word recognition, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Oxendine, Linda – 1989
A second grade teacher in a rural Appalachian school draws heavily on familiar regional literature and the children's own rich mountain heritage and culture to teach reading to her students, covering the required basal readings in only one day per week. Students use the basals on Mondays and retell the texts on paper. They spend the rest of the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Class Activities