Try a site called Teaching That Makes Sense by Steve Peha. ttms.org is packed with helpful, downloadable information, aimed right at writing teachers. Also look at the Real Writing Teachers listserv on Yahoo. Many great ideas are in their archives. You can opt to receive emails, just like this Mosaic list, and get lots of info from teachers from all over the country. A book you can pick up is THE NO NONSENSE GUIDE TO TEACHING WRITING; there are so many others, but this is a start!
Model writing for your students! Be a writer with them, sharing your thinking aloud. Give them lots of opportunities to try what you just showed them, then model some more. Show them examples of what they should be aiming for. Teachers' College has lots of online student writing, as does PARCC, a site that has lots of information and models for implementing the Common Core Standards. Show and explain rubrics of writing, so the young writers know what to aim for. This will also help you to evaluate their writing, since it may have been a while since you've had that frame of mind. Good luck on your new venture! Maura Grade five ELA teacher New Jersey On Saturday, August 25, 2012, evelia cadet wrote: > Hello. I am in desperate need of help and I thought about this group. I am > starting school on Monday and I was told this afternoon that I will be > teaching writing (dual language). I normally teach reading and social > studies. I have never taught writing before. Writing is tested in my grade > (4th). Are you all aware of a great online resourse for writing that I can > use, at least to plan for next week? Also, for those who have experience > teaching writing, when and how do you address the mechanics of writing? Do > you start teaching a lot of grammar first? Do you teach grammar as a whole > group? I have so many questions! Thank you. > > Evelia > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
