Improving Students' Writing, K-8: From Meaning-Making to High Stakes!

How can we improve students' ability to write "constructed response" to high-stakes content area test items? How can we open for them the writing pathway to exploring and understanding informational texts? How can we help them develop the essential traits of proficient writing? Nationally recognized experts in literacy with experience in elementary, middle school, and university classrooms, as well as consulting expertise, Barone and Taylor meld theoretical and practical considerations about writing instruction to explain how to teach each child to: Self-monitor to improve writing skills, Grow in ability to write successful constructed response, Use writing to process and stretch their own thinking, Prepare for high-stakes writing assessment. Improving Students' Writing, K-8 brings together real-life examples, rubrics, reproducible aids, and how-to's for getting the most out of your writers.