In the early grades, talking and drawing can provide children
with a natural pathway to writing, yet these components are often
overlooked. In "Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest
Writers" Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe invite readers to join
them in classrooms where they listen, watch, and talk with
children, then use what they learn to create lessons designed to
meet children where they are and lead them into the world of
writing. The authors make a case for a broader definition of
writing, advocating for formal storytelling sessions, in which
children tell about what they know, and for focused sketching
sessions so that budding writers learn how to observe more
carefully.
The book's lessons are organized by topic and include oral
storytelling, drawing, writing words, assessment, introducing
booklets, and moving writers forward. Based on the authors' work in
urban kindergarten and first-grade classes, the essence and
structure of many of the lessons lend themselves to adaptation
through fifth grade. The lessons follow a consistent format: what's
going on in the classroom;what children need to learn next;the
materials needed;the actual language used in the lesson;when
children's literature is used, reasons for choosing the books and
suggestions for other books;suggestions for other lessons.
Martha and Mary Ellen show the thinking behind their teaching
decisions and provide a way to look at and assess children's
writing, giving us much more than a book of lessons; they present a
vision of what beginning writing can look and sound like. Perhaps
most powerfully, they give us examples of the language they use
with children that reveal a genuine respect for and trust in
children as learners.
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