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THE PRACTICE: Teachers provide ample opportunities for students to talk about familiar topics and then demonstrate to students how talking better enables them to write.
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Writing in the Early Grades, K-2
http://www.ncte.org/prog/writing/research/113328.htm
Young children expect the print in the world to make sense. They are continually refining their attempts toward conventional writing. Writing within the social setting of school supports students' efforts to work with written language. Writing multiple drafts and having a writing portfolio results in higher achievement. This article shows how reading and writing support one another. Additional online resources are included.
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Writing in the Intermediate Grades, 3-5
http://www.ncte.org/prog/writing/research/115617.htm
What helps draw students into using more sophisticated written language? Writing within the social setting of school provides the opportunity to support students' efforts in talk, dramatization, and conceptualization. "Writing to think" is an under-utilized role of writing. This Web page identifies 12 writing concepts from literacy research and offers activities and further reading on each concept.
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