Improving Writing K-8: Strategies, Assessments, Resources

Improving Writing: Resources, Strategies, and Assessments, by well-known and trusted authors Susan Davis Lenski and Jerry L. Johns, provides teachers with all the background they need to help students improve their writing skills.

A variety of strategies, assessment ideas, and resources will meet diverse student needs. A quick reference guide helps educators choose a goal and identify possible strategies to teach. Each goal gives background information, multiple instructional strategies and resources.

• Resources in this book include reproducible student worksheets, transparency masters, teacher and student examples, bolded text items, and technology tips in the form of Web site addresses.
• Strategies throughout the text help students achieve the important life skill of written communication. These strategies and activities are carefully crafted to help students express their thoughts and ideas.
• Assessments in the form of teacher self-assessments, student self-assessments, and rubrics are provided. Practical evaluative ideas, as well as cautions about becoming an audience of one, are given and explained.

This book is grounded in solid knowledge about writing and is appropriate for college and university courses, school district inservices, and staff development programs. Practicing teachers, prospective teachers, and professionals who fulfill special resource roles will appreciate the user-friendly approach of Improving Writing.