Every Child Can Write, Grades 2-5: Entry Points, Bridges, and Pathways for Striving Writers

"In all classrooms, there are students who have difficulty with writing, either because of developmental challenges or previous experiences with limited instruction. These are kids who can't think of ideas or organize thoughts or integrate the many components of written language; and these are the students who keep teachers up at night. This book focuses on specific approaches to take when working with striving writers. This is not a book about how to teach writing - but a book about how to teach students. And the ideas here are based firmly in the belief that every child can write when given adequate entry points, bridges, and pathways to success by a knowledgeable, intentional teacher"--
Empowering striving writers to thrive as writers! When we think of students who have faced instructional challenges as striving writers, their path to success becomes clearer. It may not be the same path their classmates travel, but with you as their guide, they will reach their goal.  This book, filled with practical strategies, classroom-management ideas, reproducible tools, as well as low and high-tech solutions for increasing output and boosting self esteem will also help you: ·         Implement principles of UDL to optimize your classroom environment and student learning;·         Identify and honor students’ strengths throughout your writing instruction;·         Maximize the power of formative assessment to set goals with students·         Integrate the most appropriate technology that empowers students and leads them to independence