Full Description
Tiered instruction for our neediest writers!
There's no shortage of books on how to set up and run a writing workshop. But where's the book on teaching our students who struggle most or just aren't engaged? And where does RTI fit in?
Lisa Morris provides the answers in this practical resource on implementing tiered writing instruction in Grades 2-6. With strategies for each RTI tier, this how-to guide will help you
Easily incorporate RTI within the writer's workshop framework
Nurture confident writers with well-crafted, differentiated lessons
Plan daily, weekly, and year-long lessons with low-stress diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments
Save time with engaging and effective curriculum-based measurement (CBM) techniques and tools
Encourage student self-monitoring through action plans and self-assessments
Tap students' interests in targeted whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction
Meet the needs of all students while transforming struggling writers into confident communicators
Add to that rich classroom examples, student samples, reproducible charts, and in-depth instructional guidance, making this is your ultimate RTI writing guide.
Lisa Morris is an elementary school teacher and teacher trainer for the Okaloosa County School District in Fort Walton Beach, FL. While researching for this book, Lisa kept four goals in mind: 1) focus on research-based differentiated instruction and strategies, 2) look closely at formative and summative assessments as well as curriculum-based measurements, 3) show how student assessment drives instruction, and 4) hold true to the foundations of the writer's workshop.
"RTI Meets Writer's Workshop is the kind of book every elementary teacher should have. And don't worry—it will not sit on your shelf. You will use it daily to help guide you through the landmines of RTI and writer's workshop."
—Nancy Foote, Teacher
San Tan Elementary School, Gilbert, AZ
"Amongst all the theory-driven texts on RTI, this book provides a practical, hands-on approach to improving student's writing skills through RTI tier intervention. The author's approach is tried and true in the classroom and is easily adapted to other classrooms using the writer's workshop."
—Gary L. Willhite, Professor of Teacher Education
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Contents
Chapter 1. A Powerful Writing Classroom: Three Tiers, Three Facets of Teaching Writing
Chapter 2. Writing Assessments That Help You Plan the Day, the Week, the Year of Workshop
Chapter 3. Student Self-Assessments That Help Them Plan Manageable Writing Goals
Chapter 4. Monitoring Students' Progress as Writers
Chapter 5. Strategies That Transform Struggling and Reluctant Writers
Chapter 6. Strategies That Suppor the Phases of the Writing Process
