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Teaching Craft to Kids

Stacey Shubitz

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I was perusing the Heinemann and Stenhouse Websites today looking for new books about the teaching of writing. I came across a text by Elizabeth Hale entitled Crafting Writers K-6. Like other new Stenhouse titles, they preview the entire text online.

After I perused the Table of Contents, I decided to download chapter three, which is about reading-writing connections and teaching students how to recognize an author’s craft and to question why it works in that piece of writing. (Read Hale’s exact words on page 17 by clicking here.) Utilizing a simple technique and a three-column chart, pg. 28, Hale’s strategy for making Reading-Writing Connections feels seamless. It’s one we might all wish to adopt in our Writing Workshops when working with students who:

  • have difficulties identifying author’s craft.
  • have trouble mentoring themselves after a published author.

    • Published by Stacey Shubitz

    I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

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    2. http://debwritingcraftlessons.blogspot.com/

      If anyone wants to join me, I am collecting quotes and wording on this blog page. I will add more comments to these craft lessons tomorrow. If anyone wants another craft added, let me know. I am really anxious to get started. I have Stellaluna picturebook craft examined with approximately 19 craft lessons and The Relatives Came picturebook craft examined with approximately 23 craft chosen. Anyone want to join me????? PLEASE????

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