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Pole, Kathryn – Reading Teacher, 2015
This article presents research that investigated how a school year-long letter-writing project between kindergarten students and extended family members could facilitate literacy development in students, as well as provide a way to build inter-generational bonds through correspondence focused on family history and stories. Analysis centered on the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Letters (Correspondence), Emergent Literacy, Family School Relationship
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Wiesendanger, Katherine Davis; Perry, Jeannine Rajewski; Braun, Gretchen – Reading Teacher, 2011
This article describes a strategy to support students' development of creative writing and construction of text in a sequential manner. The goal of the Suggest-Choose-Plan-Compose (SCPC) strategy is to improve students' ability to create a story by helping them clarify their thoughts as they generate and organize ideas and basic story elements.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Writing Strategies, Grade 5, Story Grammar
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Piccolo, Jo Anne – Reading Teacher, 1986
Presents reading/writing units based on story grammar techniques and intended for students in grades one through six. (FL)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Language Usage