| Description |
xix, 186 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index. |
| Summary |
Whether you're a beginner or an old pro at using reading and writing workshop, In The Company of Children is a book you should add to your collection. Not only does Hindley give you the basics of reading and writing workshops, but she also shares firsthand experiences - from giving minilessons, lifting the quality of student work, and conferencing with students to including parents and students in the assessment process. In The Company of Children is chock-full of fresh ideas and strategies that you can adapt for your own classroom. Hindley, coleader of the Teachers College Writing Project, shows you how to make every minute count. |
| Contents |
Supportive Settings and Caring Communities Part One: The Writing Workshop -- Writer's Notebook: Not Just for Kids -- Mini-Lessons: A Time for Rigorous Whole-Class Instruction -- Lifting the Quality of Student Writing -- Conferring Toward Published Writing -- Power of Picture Books: A Whole-Class Genre Study -- Potential of Notebooks for Younger Writers Part Two: The Reading Workshop -- Reading Workshop: What It Looks Like and Why -- Mini-Lessons: Taking Our Cues from Children -- Learning from Our Conferring and Record-Keeping -- Responding to Literature: Getting Beyond, I Liked the Book -- Inviting Students and Parents in on Assessment Epilogue: Telling Our Stories / Appendixes / Bibliographies |
| Subject |
Language arts (Elementary) -- United States.
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Reading (Elementary) -- United States.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
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| ISBN |
1571100105 alkaline paper |
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