Nonfiction Notebooks

In my classroom, I have found that through the support of notebook work, students can grow their writing and strengthen their ideas. With strong ideas, they can write better first drafts.

Informationen zum Autor Aimee Buckner has taught children in grades 36 and is currently teaching fourth graders at Brookwood Elementary School in Georgia. As a specialist in both reading and writing instruction, she speaks at national and regional literacy conferences around the country, including NCTE and IRA. Notebook Know-How eloquently develops a process for the assessment of writer's notebooks that actively involves the students. Buckner describes a process of self-evaluation, which demands that students reread and re?ect thoughtfully on their own writing and their process of writing development. Writing self-re?ection is a highly valued skill, and its inclusion in Notebook Know-How makes this book a very strong guide for any educator interested in using writer's notebooks. Klappentext In my classroom, I have found that through the support of notebook work, students can grow their writing and strengthen their ideas. With strong ideas, they can write better first drafts. Zusammenfassung In my classroom, I have found that through the support of notebook work, students can grow their writing and strengthen their ideas. With strong ideas, they can write better first drafts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Writer's Notebooks: An Informational Twist; Chapter 2: Strategies to Explore Topics; Chapter 3: Strategies to Gather Information; Chapter 4: Predrafting Strategies; Chapter 5: Strategies to Craft Informational Pieces; Chapter 6: Assessment

Autorentext
Aimee Buckner has taught children in grades 36 and is currently teaching fourth graders at Brookwood Elementary School in Georgia. As a specialist in both reading and writing instruction, she speaks at national and regional literacy conferences around the country, including NCTE and IRA. Notebook Know-How eloquently develops a process for the assessment of writer's notebooks that actively involves the students. Buckner describes a process of self-evaluation, which demands that students reread and re?ect thoughtfully on their own writing and their process of writing development. Writing self-re?ection is a highly valued skill, and its inclusion in Notebook Know-How makes this book a very strong guide for any educator interested in using writer's notebooks.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Writer's Notebooks: An Informational Twist; Chapter 2: Strategies to Explore Topics; Chapter 3: Strategies to Gather Information; Chapter 4: Predrafting Strategies; Chapter 5: Strategies to Craft Informational Pieces; Chapter 6: Assessment