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Description

Well established as a definitive text—and now revised and updated with eight new chapters—this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K–12.Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.

New to This Edition

• Chapters on new topics: setting up the writing classroom and writing from informational source material.
• New chapters on core topics: narrative writing, handwriting and spelling, planning, assessment, special-needs learners, and English learners.
• Increased attention to reading–writing connections and using digital tools.
• Incorporates the latest research and instructional procedures.

Grades:

K-12

Author(s):

Steve Graham, Charles A. MacArthur, & Michael Hebert

Publisher:

Guilford Press

Year:

2018

Pages:

416 PP

Media/Binding:

Softcover

iSBN:

9781462537969