Casework in K6 Writing Instruction

Connecting Composing Strategies, Digital Literacies, and Disciplinary Content to the Common Core

Jenifer Jasinski Schneider

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781433127182
• eBook ISBN: 9781453913956
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Film & Video

Casework in K–6 Writing Instruction is a collection of teaching cases that feature real teachers, real students, and real examples of K–6 writing instruction. Using student/teacher dialogue and reader-friendly narration, each case author describes a teacher's use of print and/or media-based tools to teach students how to write for literacy and disciplinary purposes. Rather than focusing on one particular method, this book features multiple methods, such as writing workshop, 6+1 Traits, and balanced literacy, presented through authentic classroom examples. The book includes a view of writing instruction across grade levels, disciplines, and contexts. Current and future classroom teachers will be interested in the practical application and various viewpoints presented throughout the book. Casework in K–6 Writing Instruction could be used in teacher study groups, professional learning communities, undergraduate courses, Masters courses, and professional development seminars at the local, national, and international levels.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Introduction (Jenifer Jasinski Schneider)
• 1. Creating Illustrations and Text during Writing Workshop (Kindergarten) (Mary Huffstetter)
• 2. Exploring Identity through Word Choice: Using Multicultural Literature to Create Connections (Kindergarten) ([Susan V. Bennett] [AnnMarie Alberton Gunn])
• 3. Not Your Grandmother’s Writing Lesson: Teaching Concepts and Conventions through Digital Interactive Writing (First Grade) (Susan Constable)
• 4. Using Mentor Texts to Write Personal Narrative Small Moment Stories (First Grade) (Kathleen M. Alley)
• 5. Graphic Organizer or Fill-in-the-Blank Exercise: Teaching Expository Text Structures Using Fictional Characters (First Grade) (Susan Torpey)
• 6. Telling Our Stories: Blogging with Primary English Language Learners (First Grade) ([Jacqueline Hickey] [Susan Constable])
• 7. Three Reasons Why: Teaching Writing through Repetitive Text Structures (Second Grade) (Vanessa Minick)
• 8. “There’s no electricity in Cracker Country”: Writing from Experience (Second Grade) (Melinda McConnaughhay Adams)
• 9. “I HATE writing!”: The Role of Applied Phonics and Teacher Conferences in Composition (Second Grade) (Carrie Blosser Scheckelhoff)
• 10. Too Many Traits, Too Much Time: Trying to Teach Writing with Technology (Third Grade) ([Audra K. Parker] [James L. Welsh])
• 11. A Mexican Party in the Sky: Glitches in Composing with Digital Media and Disciplinary Content (Third Grade) ([Margaret B. Krause] [Aimee Frier] [Rebecca Lovering Powell])
• 12. The Writing Runaround: Using Explicit Instruction to Teach Ideas and Organization through Modeled Writing (Fourth Grade) (Mary Virginia Feger)
• 13. “This isn’t what we normally do”: Test Preparation and the Teaching of Writing (Fourth Grade) (Steven Hart)
• 14. “Honey, what does that mean?”: Conferencing with a Struggling Writer (Fourth Grade) (Ruth Sylvester)
• 15. Hot and Spicy Words: Motivating Writing and Vocabulary Development (Fifth Grade) (Coleen Daniels)
• 16. Negotiating American History: Bilingual Learners Collaboratively Compose Information Texts (Fifth Grade) ([Patriann Smith] [Aimee Frier] [Jenifer Jasinski Schneider])
• 17. Cloudy or Cumulus: Collaborative Composition and Storyboarding to Produce Print and Digital Science Texts (Fifth Grade) ([Matthew U. Blankenship] [Erin E. Margarella] [Jenna Thomas] [Amb er Holmb erg] [Jenifer Jasinski Schneider])
• 18. The Rights to Write: How the Constitutional Convention Helped Students Compose (Sixth Grade) (Stephanie M. Bennett)
• 19. Getting a Clue: Textual Toys and Shifting Designs for Digital Composition (Sixth Grade) (Deborah Kozdras)
• Contributors
• Index