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		<title>Mentor Text Professional Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mentor Texts That Inspire Notebook-like Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following children&#8217;s books all feature notebook-like writing: &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Writer&#8217;s Notebooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Selecting Mentor Texts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many books filling the shelves of bookstores and libraries, how do we begin to select the right mentor texts for our mini-lessons?&#160; The truth is, there isn’t just one right text that will do the trick.&#160; As Katie Wood Ray explains in&#160; Wondrous Words, writing style is individual but it is not unique.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimal Learning Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The optimal learning model takes Vygotsky’s ideas and puts theory into practice. In this research-based model, the responsibility for task completion shifts gradually over time from the teacher to the student. The following steps describe this shift: Teacher Modeling: Explain the strategy, demonstrate how to use it, and think aloud while demonstrating. Guided Practice: Practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Conventions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mini-lessons described on the previous pages are considered &#8220;craft&#8221; lessons.&#160; They equip young writers with techniques used by professional writers.&#160; With practice students can learn to use these techniques effectively to create their own literature.&#160;&#160; Using craft techniques effectively, however, is not enough.&#160; Students must also become competent at using language conventions correctly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Wall &quot;Bobs&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I borrowed this phrase from BER presenter Diane Murphy.&#160; She uses the phrase to describe the action she wants her students to use as they practice and learn the high frequency words on the word wall&#8212;bobbing their heads up and down as they look from the wall to their papers.&#160; The practice activities listed below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Self-Evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of each grading period I ask students to reflect on their own reading and self-evaluate. This self-evaluation is then added to their portfolios. Click on picture to enlarge. Download Reading Self-Evaluations These reflections are used to help students set personal reading goals for the following grading period.&#160; See Goal Setting Ideas.]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Folders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have found that using reading folders helps with the management aspects of reading workshop.&#160; I purchase 2-pocket folders with grommets from Target or Wal Mart when they sell for a few pennies during the summer.&#160; I color-code my folders for various subjects.&#160; We use red for our reading folders. The following are the contents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Editing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Circle What You Know This is a great way to provide a positive &#8220;backdoor&#8221; into editing.&#160; Instead of having students look for their mistakes, have them circle the skills they used correctly in their writing.&#160; Begin by modeling this in a Morning Message or shared writing piece.&#160; Have students circle what they know before turning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Choice Activities and Minilessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#34;The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.&#34; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#8211;Mark Twain Verb Charades Using index card, write a different verb on each card.&#160; Place the card in a bag.&#160; Have students take turns selecting a card acting out the verb on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Literature and the Voice Trait</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Introducing Letter Writing Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague Dear Tooth Fairy by Pamela Duncan Edwards Journey of Oliver Woodman by Darcy Pattison The First Year Letters&#160; by Julie Dannegerg The Gardener by Sarah Stewart With Love, From Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada Yours Truly, Goldilocks by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Annemarie</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Writing Resources Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Fletcher Teacher&#8217;s First Writer&#8217;s Workshop]]></description>
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		<title>Annemarie&#8217;s Favorites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth Newingham&#8217;s Third Grade Mrs. Russ&#8217; Rockets ABC Teach Reading Lady Harry Wong]]></description>
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		<title>Book chat test</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Literature and the Voice Trait</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Alexander&#8221; books by Judith Viorst Airmail to the Moon by Tom Birdseye Alice the Fairy by David Shannon Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. My House Has Stars by Megan McDonald My Momma&#8217;s Kitchen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Characteristics of the Traits of Good Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas Trait Clear message Focused topic Attention to detail Organization Trait Balance in the pictures or text Structure or framework that holds the piece together Opening that grabs the reader&#8217;s attention Logical order Sequenced events Transitions that link ideas together Satisfying ending Word Choice Trait Rich, colorful language Ordinary words used in interesting ways Words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organization Trait</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sentence Fluency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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