Kathleen Kopp is a teacher on special assignment at Forest Ridge Elementary in Citrus County, Florida. She has nearly 20 years of teaching experience for first through fifth grades and has written several professional books on content-area learning and technology. Her Learning Through Writing Series won a 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers and a 2010 Teachers' Choice Award for the Classroom.
Kopp, an elementary school curriculum specialist, provides 18
writing activities that teachers can use to help students in grade
four learn language arts, math, science, social studies, and health
and nutrition content, as well as a way for teachers to check
students' understanding of these areas along with their language
and writing skills. Activities include lesson plans, extensions,
evaluation rubrics, worksheets, examples, lists of materials, and
student prewriting, drafting, editing, and publishing suggestions.
All activities are connected to national content-area and writing
standards and reflect the grade-level appropriate language and
writing skills in the CraftPlus Writing Program. There are also
third-grade and fifth-grade books in the series. -Book News Inc.
Portland, OR (c)2009-- "Book News Inc."
Look at these comments from the Learning(R) Magazine 2010 Teacher's
Choice AwardsSM for the Classroom Evaluations!
&&LI&&This is a MUST for teachers, especially those
of us who aren't so good at it! Besides integrating
curriculum--including technology!--having a rubric, time frame
suggestions, etc., there is even a sample biweekly lesson plan!
This book does it all!&&/LI&&
&&LI&&Learning Through Writing presents the teacher
with a series of writing lessons across the curriculum. At the
beginning of each lesson, a lesson plan is written to guide the
teacher through the teaching process. This makes use of this book
very easy for the teacher.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&The entire package! This is a must-have
reference for all writing teachers. The format was easy to follow;
lesson plans, suggestions, and activities were awesome. The content
is timely and appropriate for writing teachers at the elementary
level as students begin to do more content-area
writing.&&/LI&& &&LI&&I really liked
pretty much everything about this book. The format was easy to
follow; the activities and strategies were very timely and helpful.
I liked the variety of the content. A great tool for writing
teachers at the elementary level as students begin to do more
content-area writing.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&Unless it can teach itself, I see no room for
improvement. The product is all-inclusive with a variety of topics,
products, and subject matter.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&I wouldn't make any changes to this book.
It's fantastic.&&/LI&& &&LI&&I learned
that I can be excited about teaching writing! When I am excited,
they are more apt to be excited!&&/LI&&
&&LI&&I learned some new ways to introduce writing
in the content areas. For example, one activity uses math symmetry
and incorporates language arts via the use of adjectives and
direction words. This helps the teacher reiterate the importance of
writing across the curriculum.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&I learned how to implement writing into every
academic subject.&&/LI&& &&LI&&I
learned how to introduce and teach specific writing concepts to the
students.&&/LI&& &&LI&&Fresh ideas and
approaches of ways to assess several skills taught in one
assignment. Great time-saving ideas.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&I found new ideas and different ways to
assess several skills taught in one assignment. A twist to some of
the activities that I have done.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&There are so many different writing lessons
that I am able to pick and choose according to what we are doing in
an area OR just pick one for fun! Topics are definitely
child-friendly and exciting for them. The students can be taught to
use charts, pictures, games, brochures, etc. to enhance their
writing and to make it fun.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&As I plan lessons for each of the areas I
teach, I refer to the book for writing activities. I have found
many of the activities in math and social studies to add a special
touch and meaning to my lessons. As I go forward with my planning,
I will continue to use this book as a resource.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&Some activities could be used in writing
centers, as well as whole-class or small-group assignments.
Classroom assessment opportunities can be found as
well.&&/LI&& &&LI&&I would definitely
get excited about telling others about buying this product. One
look and they are sold, no matter what their subject area or
age.&&/LI&& &&LI&&The state I teach in
is pushing writing across the curriculum. This book is an excellent
resource for aiding the teacher with ideas for implementing writing
across the board. Additionally, some of the activities could be
incorporated into center activities.&&/LI&&
&&LI&&Fifth-grade teachers should have this product
so they can help the students increase their writing ability while
learning other skills.&&/LI&& &&LI&&I
would recommend this to the upper-grade teachers because they have
to practice writing and editing on a regular
basis.&&/LI&& &&LI&&Excellent resource
for elementary writing teachers.&&/LI&& &&/UL--
"Learning(R) Magazine"
The children began reading their ideas aloud and feeding off of
each other. From there, the students' stories came alive. Honestly,
my students have never been so excited to write! -Alyssa Anderson,
elementary teacher
This book would be a great addition to a professional collection.
It contains nineteen writing activities specifically geared toward
the fourth-grade classroom. The topics range from language arts and
mathematics to science and social studies. There is one activity
related to health and nutrition. Each activity contains six pages
of information to make using the writing activities very simple to
implement in the classroom. The activities also allow flexibility
where they can be used as stand-alone activities or can be
developed into a more in-depth lesson, depending on the time the
teacher wants to allow. This book looks to be very user-friendly,
and I think it would be a welcome resource for teachers to use. The
activities also look to be interesting for the students. I will use
some of the activities in the library as well, possibly as a
collaborative lesson with the fourth-grade teachers. Highly
Recommended. Grade: A. -Arlington Independent School District,
2010-- "Arlington Independent School District"
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