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The Best-Kept Teaching Secret: How Written Conversations Engage Kids, Activate Learning, Grow Fluent Writers . . . K-12
Contributor(s): Daniels, Smokey (Author), Daniels, Elaine (Author)

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 ISBN: 1452268630     ISBN-13: 9781452268637
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE: $31.30  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
- Education | Elementary
Dewey: 372.623
LCCN: 2013021342
Series: Corwin Literacy
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.3" W x 9" L (1.15 lbs) 248 pages
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index
 
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Publisher Description:

Your fast-track to student engagement

Everywhere Smokey Daniels speaks, there's one teaching strategy that teachers embrace above all others. That single method for transforming students from passive spectators into active learners . . . for evoking curiosity, inspiring critical thinking, and building powerful writers along the way. Now, that best-kept teaching secret is revealed: Written Conversations. Smokey and coauthor Elaine Daniels describe how to leverage these silent writing-to-learn discussions structure by structure

  • Mini-memos
  • Dialogue journals
  • Write-arounds
  • Digital discussions

. . . with detailed descriptions, lessons, and annotated student samples--making this the most practical teaching book in recent memory.

Contributor Bio(s): Daniels, Elaine: - Elaine Daniels has been a reading and writing teacher and teacher literacy educator throughout her career. A former high school English teacher, she graduated to teaching in college and graduate programs, first at National-Louis University in the Master of Arts in Teaching program, then at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where she taught literacy education courses. Elaine now teaches in the Developmental Reading and Writing Programs at Santa Fe Community College, where her students teach her new ideas, old ways of being, and places on the map she's never heard of.

Daniels, Harvey "Smokey": - The author or coauthor of 18 books for teachers, Harvey Daniels, also known as "Smokey," has been a professor, researcher, consultant, and teacher coach over his 43-year career. These days, he serves as a conference speaker, school district consultant, and demonstration teacher in schools around the U.S. and Canada. In 2012, Smokey was presented with the NCTE Exemplary Leader Award.


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