Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers: Every Picture Tells a Story

By David M. Matteson

Based on strong understandings of developmentally appropriate practices, the authors have created and explained a continuum designed to assess what very young children know about oral language,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572747412
• ISBN13: 9781572747418
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Owen Publishers, Incorporated, Richard C.
• Length: 128 Pages

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NEW "Must-have" book for Teachers!

I am currently using this book as a kindergarten teacher AND community college instructor in the early childhood dept. My kinder students benefit from my use of the continuum presented in the book - clear assessment, clear teaching. My college students (preschool teachers, childcare providers) benefit from the vignettes - what to say to children to increase oral language, comprehension, and writing skills. Highlights for me: 1) How to add writing to children's "work", which can be blocks or playdough, if a child is not ready to draw or write. 2) How to help children increase details, in order to remember the "story" in a drawing. 3) The adaptability of the continuum to my own district's objectives. 4) Ease-of-use for children of all languages and language abilities. This book is based on the belief that children learn best when teachers understand what they need. As a teacher, I know that's best practice!