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Coker, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of early writing for low-income, urban students. Drawing on research and theory characterizing literacy development as a complex, integrative process, the author analyzed growth in the descriptive writing of students in Grades 1-3. The participants were 309 low-income children enrolled in 16…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Descriptive Writing, Predictor Variables, Emergent Literacy
Freeman, Marcia S. – Online Submission, 2006
CraftPlus is an integrated learning package that consists of a K-8 spiraling, core writing curriculum based on explicit Target Skills instruction; professional books; grade-level Curriculum Guides; sixteen workshop and classroom demonstration DVDs; and a CD with student samples and other classroom support materials. The grade-level Curriculum…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Poetry, Learning Modules, Curriculum Guides

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