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More children than ever before are entering school with minimal English skills or with a need for specialized instruction. In Listening to Young Writers, author Melissa Hare Landa presents an organized and comprehensive instructional approach to writing instruction that will move every young child to writing competency—especially those in Title I and ELL programs.
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Landa, a primary-level writing specialist, presents an approach to writing instruction that will move every young child to writing competency, especially those in Title I and ELL programs. She encourages teachers to measure progress against the child's growth, not solely against an external standard. She offers strategies and tools to help teachers identify and develop personalized instructional goals based on rubrics designed for the primary classroom. Forty pages of lessons to use in the classroom are included. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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