NOTEBOOK KNOW-HOW - STRATEGIES FOR THE WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

"A writer's notebook is an essential springboard for the pieces that will later be crafted in writer's workshop. It is here that students brainstorm topics, play with leads and endings, tweak a new revision strategy, or test out a genre for the first time. In Notebook Know-How, Aimee Buckner provides the tools intermediate and middle-level teachers need to make writers' notebooks an integral part of their writing programs." This compact guide is packed with lessons, tips, and samples of student writing to help teachers make the most of writers' notebooks, without sacrificing time needed for the rest of the literacy curriculum. In fact, Notebook Know-How shows how smart and focused use of writers' notebooks enhances and deepens literacy learning in both reading and writing for students in grades 3-8.