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Wang, Elaine; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard – Reading Teacher, 2017
Supporting upper elementary students' higher level (i.e., analytic) thinking about texts in writing is a challenge for many teachers, in large part because what it means to analyze text is not well defined and because this skill is a relatively new expectation in elementary grades. In this article, the authors clarify the goal of three common…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Thinking Skills, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Hall, Katrina – Reading Teacher, 2007
This article describes a take-home literacy project in which kindergartners took home books, a stuffed animal, a camera, and a shared writing activity to complete with their families. The children later shared their writing and experiences in school. The resulting written responses and photographs depicted a level of involvement with the families…
Descriptors: Photography, Childrens Writing, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education
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Smith, Dian G. – Reading Teacher, 1996
Describes a writing project in which elementary students write Choose-Your-Own adventure stories. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Writing Assignments