" Writing to Explore" - preview online

"Tired of reading boring student research reports? Writing to Explore gives you all of the structures and tools you'll need to carry out an exciting adventure writing project in grades 3-8. Includes numerous examples of student writing and a section on using technology. Preview the entire book online!"

http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9250&r=sb101122b

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Teaching Writing in a digital world

iWrite by Dana Wilber

http://heinemann.com/products/E01397.aspx

Sample:

http://heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/e01397/Wilber_iWrite_websample.pdf

"The power of Dana Wilber’s insight is in its simplicity. Students are texting, networking, and blogging— i.e., writing and reading— all the time, everywhere, just maybe in places we aren’t necessarily paying attention to. Build on their authentic interest and motivation using the technologies they are already committed to and you’ve won half the battle. You won’t believe how engaged they are; they won’t believe they’re learning for school."

The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks

"ttp://heinemann.com/products/E02674.aspx

Sample:

"ttp://heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E02674/Hicks02674Sample.pdf

"Where others have talked about new technologies and how they change writing, Hicks shows you how to use new technologies to enhance the teaching of writing you already do. Chapters are organized around the familiar principles of the writing workshop: student choice, active revision, studying author’s craft, publication beyond the classroom, and assessment of both product and process. In each chapter you’ll learn how to expand and improve your teaching by smartly incorporating new technologies like wikis, blogs, and other forms of multimedia."

Fostering Independent Writers in the Primary Grades - Preview online

No More I'm Done!

Fostering Independent Writers in the Primary Grades

Preview the book online.

"No More "I'm Done!" demonstrates how to create a more productive, engaging, and rewarding writer's workshop. Jennifer guides teachers from creating a supportive classroom environment through establishing effective routines; shows teachers how to set up a writer's workshop; and provides an entire year of developmentally appropriate mini-lessons that build confidence and, ultimately, independence. Through her years of teaching and consulting, Jennifer has heard all the tough questions about working with primary writers: How do I get my students to sustain for a full writing period? What do I do about the student who can't choose a topic? What about the student who writes about the same thing every day? She answers these questions and many more in the final chapter of the book."

Re: Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tale Resources

Here's a website that encourages kids to write their own version of fractured fairytales:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/fairytales/

Here's a list of titles:

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/fft.html

Some great ideas and an overview of the genre

(includes story maps and story starters)

http://www.marilynkinsella.org/Workshop%20papers/fractured_fairy_tales.htm

Lesson ideas for "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"

(Most school libraries have a copy of this!)

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/fractured_fairy_true.htm

Playlist of clips from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle TV show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAkauRR-y4

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A very simple Book Cover creator

Here's a very simple Book Cover creator that would work with younger kids.

Easy to use.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bookcover/


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