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Brownell, Cassie J. – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: Educators have considered how Minecraft supports language and literacy practices in the game and in the spaces and circumstances immediately surrounding gameplay. However, it is still necessary to develop additional conceptualizations of how children and youth's online and offline worlds and experiences are blurred by and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments, English Instruction
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Yearta, Lindsay – Reading Teacher, 2019
Based on research conducted in a fourth-grade classroom, the author describes one teacher's process for integrating social studies and English language arts using a writers' workshop approach. Furthermore, the fourth-grade teacher was able to provide students with an opportunity to engage in multimodal composition. After conducting research…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Social Studies, Language Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Wang, Elaine Lin – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Successful implementation of academic standards depends on teachers' understanding of the intended policy and their interpretation of what the policy means for their instruction (Spillane et al., 2002). This study examines the writing tasks fourth- and fifth- grade teachers understand as being aligned with the CCSS [Common Core State Standards],…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Writing Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy