THE STRUGGLING WRITER Vendor: SCHOLASTIC TEACHING RESOURCES

THE STRUGGLING WRITER

Vendor: SCHOLASTIC TEACHING RESOURCES Brand: Scholastic Teaching Resources Category: Reading/Language Arts Product Type: Writing Skills Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6 Ages: Aliases: SC505896,SC0545058961,SC-505896,SC-0545058961,0545058961,SC9780545058964,9780545058964

By Janet Angelillo

Strategies for helping kids find writing topics they are passionate about and expand self-selected topics into longer writing. Struggling writers need personalized, focused, and assessment-informed instruction and, to this end, Angelillo shows teachers how to provide their students with three levels of support: 1) self-monitoring strategies that enable students to start writing, build writing stamina, manage their time, and stay focused on a topic; 2) classroom community resources which create a safe, supportive environment in which to write; and 3) best practices drawn from writer's workshop including student choice in writing topics, discovering one's voice as a writer, and time out to conference, reflect, and assess.

176 pages 7 3/8 x 9