Watch an overview by Gretchen. "Our schools should be accountable, but do they have to become joyless halls of drudgery? I'm not against measuring student achievement and learning. But can't we develop lessons that use the best of what we know about learning and about children, lessons informed by research and results, lessons that include color, life, conversation and laughter?" -Gretchen Bernabei <ul>
<li>Crunchtime is a practical grab-and-go resource for teachers. </li> <li>Crunchtime strategies are engaging and fun for students. </li> <li>Crunchtime is especially effective in helping struggling writers, including English language learners. </li> </ul>
In this eagerly-anticipated teacher resource, master teachers Gretchen Bernabei, Jayne Hover, and Cynthia Candler share writing lessons that are healthy for kids, promote lifelong literacy, and, coincidentally, will help your students blow the roof off of their state test scores. Organized around the writing process-selecting topics, crafting drafts, and polishing finished pieces-explicit lessons engage student writers while shoring up the gaps between learning and testing. Growing out of their own work in Title I schools, Gretchen, Jayne, and Cynthia's strategies have proven to be especially effective in helping ESL and special education students, not only pass the test, but achieve commended performance. In addition to providing classroom-tested strategies, this practical teaching resource provides a wealth of crunchtime tools (rubrics, reproducibles, and writing samples) minilessons, and lesson plans that will help you teach strategically and position your students for success on their state writing tests and beyond. Crunchtime includes the following downloadable resources: 4-week planner, writing prompts, and reproducibles.

Crunchtime: Lessons to Help Students Blow the Roof Off Writing Tests--and Become Better Writ ers in the Process

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Bernabei, Gretchen

Hover, Jayne

Candler, Cynthia

Words, Language & Grammar

Heinemann

Review\n"These lessons help! When students have a choice, it allows them to answer a question based on the information that they know, and not based on what they think a teacher wants to hear." -- Ida Ferrazzano Published On: 2022-08-15\n"What is beautiful about using these text structures to respond to text is that students go back into the text to support their thinking. This is what we want. We sat them to support their responses with evidence from the text. This makes it easy." -- Malene Golding ― Education Consultant and Adjunct Professor at University of Houston - Clear Lake Published On: 2022-08-15\n"The results of using text structures? Miraculous!" -- Sheryl Stewart ― Grade 9 Teacher, A&M Consolidated High School Published On: 2022-08-15\n"One of the things I appreciate most is that these lessons will prepare students for the tests without the typical test-prep materials." -- Dawn Lyssy ― Director of Elementary Instruction, Pearland ISD Published On: 2022-08-15\nState tests are assessing reading and writing together―Are you ready? 
The heat is on―state tests now assess reading and writing together. And that’s a good thing, but we’ve got some catching up to do in developing students’ facility with written response. With Text Structures and Fables, Gretchen Bernabei and Jayne Hover share lessons and short texts to use right away. They harness the inviting format of fables to teach many ways to respond to texts in any genre. Students will learn easy structures for: Answering comprehension questions Connecting theme or moral to self or world Answering questions about author’s craft Showcasing thinking in non-traditional formats such as graphics 
And much more!

Text Structures and Fables: Teaching Students to Write About What They Read, Grades 3-12 (Corwin Literacy)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Corwin

A Revolutionary Strategy for Teaching Writing to Children How can we shape young students, often just learning how to hold a pencil, into capable writers? This groundbreaking book offers the solution: a clear framework for guiding children to write in any style, from narrative to persuasive. The key lies in using familiar text structures to break down a story into its main components, immediately thrusting students into the role of the writer. Included are 53 lessons, each centered around a classic nursery rhyme, and all the tools you’ll need to lead your students in crafting their own story ― in words, pictures, or both. Discover how text structures, already a success in later grades, can also have a profound impact on younger students’ progress.

Text Structures From Nursery Rhymes: Teaching Reading and Writing to Young Children (Corwin Literacy)

Shook, Kayla

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