ERIC Number: EJ753986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 6
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First Grade Writers Revisit Their Work
Hansen, Jane A.
Young Children, v62 n1 p28-33 Jan 2007
In this article, the author focuses on first grade readers and writers who revisit their work and describes what first-graders do when they revisit their writing about science and literature and review collections of their work. The first-graders discussed here are in Elaine O'Connor's classroom at Clark Elementary School in Charlottesville. In a first grade writers' workshop, Elaine, a full-time instructional aide, and the author confer with the children during the writing time and focus on content, the information the children need when they write across the curriculum. The author discusses how the children engaged in six kinds of writing experiences, particularly on assignments given in the first three months of school: (1) writing about science; (2) responses to literature; and (3) self-evaluations. Examples of the children's work that illustrate the revision process and the children's writing progress are presented.
Descriptors: Grade 1, Writing Workshops, Childrens Writing, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments, Revision (Written Composition), Writing Across the Curriculum, Elementary School Science, Childrens Literature, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Writing Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1
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Language: English
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