This book shows how, and in what ways, prenatal development serves as a preparation for life after birth. Largely, such explanation stemming from the transnatal continuity theory has been ignored in mainstream developmental psychology. However, since the advent of real-time ultrasonography with humans, and increasingly refined experiements with avian and mammalian species, plausible scenarios linking prenatal and postnatal development are beginning to emerge. One is the theory of fetal programming. Here, the authors provide authoritative reviews of current knowledge regarding continuities and discontinuities between prenatal and postnatal development of brain-behavior relationships across a variety of species, including humans.

The Writer's Mindset: Six Stances That Promote Authentic Revision

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rief, Linda

Hall, Chris

Psychology & Counseling

Heinemann

Vision &amp; Voice is based on the premise that art slows us down, forcing us to stop and consider a wondrous world that we too often rush past. Extending our notions of the literacy spectrum to include the visual and oral arts in the reading and writing classroom encourages students to develop their imaginations as they envision possibilities for their lives and their worlds.Vision &amp; Voice embraces some profound understandings about teaching, learning, research, curriculum, and multiple ways of knowing. Two comprehensive research projects form the core of the book. The first is an environmental study of the rainforest, which integrates reading, writing, science, art, and math. The second, centered around textile mills of the Industrial Revolution, connects reading, writing, and music. As readers listen to the CD included with the book and explore colored photographs that showcase the two projects, they will discover, both literally and metaphorically, the visions and voices of adolescents in a language-rich classroom.
Extensive pictures and appendixes take the reader through each comprehensive project. In addition, brief, practical vignettes show how to extend the literacy spectrum to include the visual and oral arts in the language arts classroom on a day-to-day basis. Readers will learn how several teachers dismantled the barriers that separated their disciplines, enabling their students to make sense of their learning in ways that, ultimately, enhanced the meaning of their lives.

Vision & Voice: Extending the Literacy Spectrum

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

With the generosity, thoughtfulness, and practicality we have come to appreciate from this extraordinary classroom teacher, Linda gives us the structures and models we need to invite every student we teach to think and act as a reader, writer, and artist.-Nancie AtwellMany teachers wonder how to juggle a writer's notebook and a reader's response log. Linda Rief ingeniously combines them both in the Writer's-Readers's Notebook. This veteran teacher truly walks the walk; she shows exactly how to make this powerful tool work in the classroom.-Ralph FletcherThe Readers-Writers Notebook is THE tool for all those concerned with adolescents and literacy.-Teri LesesneAuthor of Naked ReadingThe Writer's-Reader's Notebook is the most essential learning and teaching tool in Linda Rief's classroom. More than an empty journal, it's a highly structured, specifically designed place where all students (English language learners, those with learning differences, girls and boys) connect reading, writing, and thinking. It's also where Linda can observe and encourage their learning. Now, inInside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook,Linda shows you how this key resource in her English/language arts workshop has the power to help learners develop into articulate, literate citizens of the world.In Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook Linda guides you through the Writer's-Reader's Notebook: what's in it, why it's in there, and how to use it effectively with your students. She shows you how to use it to assess what students know, how they think, and how they can express themselves as writers and readers. Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebookincludes: descriptions of the reading and writing minilessons that Linda uses to get kids thinking in the notebook ideas for further invitations that engage adolescents in writing, reading, and drawing specific ways to use the lists and tools that are printed right in the Notebook dozens of reproducible examples of notebook pages by Linda's students that show the Notebook's multiple uses and that will help inspire your own students' writing and reading an annotated list of professional titles that will help further your knowledge of Notebooks and how to use them effectively in a variety of ways in your classroom.With a copy of the Writer's-Reader's Notebook and vital insights into its effectiveness,Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook includes everything you need to implement the Writer's-Reader's Notebook in any class and to help students begin the journey toward more thoughtful, purposeful literacy experiences. Read it and see why the Notebook should be at the center of your teaching.\nPurchase 5-packs of the Writer's-Reader's Notebook here.

Writer's-Reader's Notebook

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Many teachers wonder how to juggle aswriter's notebook and asreader's response log. Linda Rief singeniously combines them both in the Writer's-Readers's Notebook.sThis veteran teacher truly walks the walk; shesshows exactly how to make this powerful tool work in the classroom. - Ralph FletchersThe Readers-Writers Notebook is THE tool for all those concerned with adolescents and literacy. - Teri LesesneAuthor of Naked ReadingsThe Writer's-Reader's Notebook is the most essential learning and teaching tool in Linda Rief's classroom. More than an empty journal, it's a highly structured, specifically designed place where all students (English language learners, those with learning differences, girls and boys) connect reading, writing, and thinking. It's also where Linda can observe and encourage their learning. Now, in Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook,Linda shows you how this key resource in her English/language arts workshop has the power to help learners develop into articulate, literate citizens of the world. sIn Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook Linda guides you through the Writer's-Reader's Notebook: what's in it, why it's in there, and how to use it effectively with your students. She shows you how to use it to assess what students know, how they think, and how they can express themselves as writers and readers. Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook includes: descriptions of the reading and writing minilessons that Linda uses to get kids thinking in the notebook ideas for further invitations that engage adolescents in writing, reading, and drawing specific ways to use the lists and tools that are printed right in the Notebook dozens of reproducible examples of notebook pages by Linda's students that show the Notebook's multiple uses and that will help inspire your own students' writing and reading an annotated list of professional titles that will help further your knowledge of Notebooks and how to use them effectively in a variety of ways in your classroom. sWith a copy of the Writer's-Reader's Notebook and vital insights into its effectiveness,sInside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook includes everything you need to implement the Writer's-Reader's Notebook in any class and to help students begin the journey toward more thoughtful, purposeful literacy experiences. Read it and see why the Notebook should be at the center of your teaching.s

Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook: A Workshop Essential

The Writer's-Reader's Notebook is essential to everything Linda Rief's students do in her workshop classroom as literate young men and women. Far more than a place where students merely practice writing, this is where they do the work of learning. Now Linda shares her Writer's-Reader's Notebook with you and your students, in the exact format that she and her students have found most useful - a format she has perfected in more than two decades in the classroom. Conveniently available in packs of five and with instructions for each of its sections printed inside, these notebooks are now ready for use in your classroom. The design of this notebook is flexible and adaptable to the demands of not only English/language arts, but any content area concerned with the development of literacy.   Linda has organized the Writer's-Reader's Notebook for two important purposes - to meet the specific demands of literacy instruction and to provide a safe, structured way for students to discover the power of choice in their writing and reading as well as the time and space in which to exercise it. The Notebook includes specially designated places for students to:  note what books they are reading or want to read  jot down ideas for future writing  respond to reading, draft writing ideas, think about their world  take notes during teacher-directed lessons  record new vocabulary they encounter  make special note of words with troublesome spellings.     Each section contains specific instructions and guidelines, providing a helpful structure for students as they learn and grow as writers and readers. Linda also includes some of her favorite inspirational quotes about writing and reading throughout; meanwhile, her organizational tools help students navigate the ideas and information they've compiled during the year.   In addition, Linda's guide, Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook, is available separately and offers in-depth ideas for teaching through the Notebook as well as numerous student samples to model and inspire its usage.   With its tear-resistant cover, thick paper stock, softened rules for drawing and writing, and backpack-friendly size, the Writer's-Reader's Notebook's fully functional design keeps the needs of adolescents in mind. And with Linda Rief's experience, wisdom, and know-how behind it, you'll discover a proven, convenient, and powerful way to help kids develop voice, explore their ideas, record their growing awareness of themselves, and cultivate a love of writing and reading.

Writer's-Reader's Notebook (5 Pack)

Veteran teacher and author Linda Rief has inspired thousands of practitioners across the nation to lead adolescent students on a journey to becoming lifelong readers and writers. In ReadWriteTeach, Linda offers the what, how, and why of a year's worth of reading and writing for middle and high school students with a framework that is as flexible as it is comprehensive. "...This book isn't a compilation of tear-out reproducibles designed to help us replicate Linda's practices," writes Maja Wilson in the foreword. "Instead, it's the most powerful gift that a master teacher can give us: the story of her thinking and feeling as she teaches." Linda's insights and beliefs are woven throughout a comprehensive overview of best literacy practices, which include: <ul>
<li>essentials in the reading-writing workshop </li> <li>grounding our choices in our beliefs </li> <li>getting to know ourselves and our students as readers and writers. </li> </ul>
Students' voices, through examples of their writing, drawing, and thinking, resonate throughout the book and characterize the thoughtful readers, writers, and citizens of the world that they become under Linda's guidance. Online companion resources include all of the handouts that Linda uses in her own classroom. Download a free sample chapter!

Read Write Teach: Choice and Challenge in the Reading-Writing Workshop

Wilson, Maja

Words, Language & Grammar

Veteran teacher and author Linda Rief has inspired thousands of practitioners across the nation to lead adolescent students on a journey to becoming lifelong readers and writers. In ReadWriteTeach, Linda offers the what, how, and why of a year's worth of reading and writing for middle and high school students with a framework that is as flexible as it is comprehensive. "...This book isn't a compilation of tear-out reproducibles designed to help us replicate Linda's practices," writes Maja Wilson in the foreword. "Instead, it's the most powerful gift that a master teacher can give us: the story of her thinking and feeling as she teaches." Linda's insights and beliefs are woven throughout a comprehensive overview of best literacy practices, which include: <ul>
<li>essentials in the reading-writing workshop </li> <li>grounding our choices in our beliefs </li> <li>getting to know ourselves and our students as readers and writers. </li> </ul>
Students' voices, through examples of their writing, drawing, and thinking, resonate throughout the book and characterize the thoughtful readers, writers, and citizens of the world that they become under Linda's guidance. Online companion resources include all of the handouts that Linda uses in her own classroom. Download a free sample chapter!

Read Write Teach (Print eBook Bundle): Choice and Challenge in the Reading-Writing Workshop

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Helping students put words on a page can be hard enough. "I don't have anything to write about!" they say. And when writing does happen, how do you help them develop these ideas into more effective pieces? A powerful tool to jumpstart writing In The Quickwrite Handbook, master teacher Linda Rief shares 100 compelling mentor texts and shows how to use each one as a powerful tool for sparking successful writing. Each mentor text includes "Try this" suggestions for inviting students to get started. You'll also find "Interludes" woven throughout: examples of quickwrites that students crafted into more fully developed pieces. These mentor texts are curated in four categories: <ul>
<li>
Seeing Inward: How do students view themselves?</li> <li>
Leaning Outward: What do students consider when they step outside of themselves?</li> <li>
Beyond Self: What do students notice and wonder about the world at large?</li> <li>
Looking Back: How does reflection help students grow into more articulate, thoughtful citizens of the world?</li> </ul>
Quickwrites go beyond writing prompts The pages of this book champion Linda's wise words: "Quickwrites-writing to find writing-are a powerful teaching tool that help students find ideas, discover their voices, and build their confidence as they discover they have important things to say." Quickwrites are more than a set of formulaic prompts. They are opportunities for students to use another writer's words to stimulate their thinking and-through writing themselves-to discover a voice they didn't know they had.

The Quickwrite Handbook: 100 Mentor Texts to Jumpstart Your Students’ Thinking and Writing

How do you approach revision with your students? Is it a stage in the writing process right after "drafting" and just before "editing?" What if revision is something that happens in the mindset of the writer during the writing process,not just on the page, after it's done? The Writer's Mindsetreframes revision not as a series of steps, but as an awareness that's present through all stages of writing using mindset stances. Each chapter begins by defining one of the stances-metacognition, optimism, perspective-taking, flexible thinking, transfer, and risk-taking. Chris identifies core beliefs about the importance of each stance to writing and revision, and offers suggestions on how to foster it in students. He also includes specific examples of how you can weave the stances into the minilessons and pre-writing, drafting, conferring, and sharing activities you already do. Revision doesn't have to be radical.Apply a new lens on your writing workshop practices, make subtle but seismic shifts in your teaching, and help your students spark a writer's mindset as they move beyond revision resistance.

The cure for "I hate poetry!" Your students (and maybe even you) might cringe at the word poetry. For many, poetry feels like finding the hidden meaning the poet worked so hard to hide from the reader. If poetry confuses your students, they're likely to avoid it altogether. In Whispering in the Wind, master educator Linda Rief provides a cure for poetry agony. She introduces "Heart Books," a project inspired by the Heart Maps of Georgia Heard. Linda has used Heart Books throughout her teaching career to help students read more poetry, connect with it, and see how they, too, could write poetically. Help students find (and respond to) poetry they'll love Linda explains how to create and use Heart Books in any classroom by: <ul> <li>helping students discover poets who surprise and delight them</li> <li>using Heart Books as a pathway to find poetry that rings true for each student</li> <li>encouraging students to deepen their understanding of themselves, and others</li> <li>teaching students to respond to poetry with an authentic voice</li> </ul> How do you squeeze one more unit into your curriculum? This is not a book about teaching a standalone poetry unit. Instead, you'll learn how to use transition times for this learning-all those in-between times throughout the year, such as right before a new unit, and leading up to, or returning from, vacations or holidays. Linda believes this is work worth doing in any classroom because "poetry is what 'whispers in the wind,' guiding us toward deeper reading and a heightened awareness of what makes compelling writing."

Whispering in the Wind: A Guide to Deeper Reading and Writing Through Poetry

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The Writer's Mindset: Six Stances That Promote Authentic Revision

Vision & Voice: Extending the Literacy Spectrum

Writer's-Reader's Notebook

Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook: A Workshop Essential

Writer's-Reader's Notebook (5 Pack)

Read Write Teach: Choice and Challenge in the Reading-Writing Workshop

Read Write Teach (Print eBook Bundle): Choice and Challenge in the Reading-Writing Workshop

The Quickwrite Handbook: 100 Mentor Texts to Jumpstart Your Students’ Thinking and Writing

The Writer's Mindset: Six Stances That Promote Authentic Revision

Whispering in the Wind: A Guide to Deeper Reading and Writing Through Poetry