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Mentor Texts: Teaching Reading Strategies and Writer's Craft
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Format: DVD » Add to Cart » Request Preview Access Catalogue Number: CL0007DV Producer: Choice Literacy Subject: Professional Development Language: ENGLISH Grade Level: Teachers/Educators Country of Origin: U.S. Copyright Year: 2008 Running Time: 90 Rights: PPR Guide Available:  CL0007.pdfIn Mentor Texts: Models for Reading Strategies and Writer's Craft, Aimee Buckner takes viewers into her 4th grade classroom, where children's literature, student texts, and Aimee's own writing serve as mentor texts in daily literacy workshops. The 90 minute video features two programs, one on mentor texts in the writing curriculum, and the second detailing how the strategy of rereading can be taught using a whole-class shared mentor text. Highlights of the video include: Sample lessons linking mentor texts and writing notebooks; Differentiated small-group instruction; Numerous individual conferences in reading and writing workshops; A range of nonfiction and fiction texts; Techniques for teaching writer's craft strategies like the "Rule of 3"; and An in-depth study of reading instruction in whole-class, small-group, and individual teaching contexts. Aimee Buckner has taught children in grades 3-6, lead literacy initiatives locally and regionally, and is currently teaching 4th graders at Brookwood Elementary School in Georgia. She speaks at national conferences and is the author of Notebook Know-How. |
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