Lessons from a Child

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by: Lucy Calkins

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.874
EAN: 9780435082062
ISBN: 043508206X
Label: Heinemann
Manufacturer: Heinemann
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: July 11, 1983
Publisher: Heinemann
Studio: Heinemann

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A story of one child's growth in writing, Lessons from a Child explains how teachers can work with children, helping them to teach themselves and each other. Matters of classroom management, methods for helping children to use the peer conference, and ways mini-lessons can extend children's understanding of good writing are all covered here. Most important, the sequences of writing development and growth are thoroughly discussed.

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- Through children, we learn how to teach and succed.
Lucy McCormick Calkins, learns that her previous teachng experience is no help, when doing reaearch on children learning to write. Her true life experience as a researcher also becomes a learning experience that we all could use as teachers. She focuses specifically on a third grade classroom and ends up following one student by the name of Susie. Susie is a perfectionist and as we all have seen some giffted and talented students are perfectionist in their own way. She prides herself through ... Read More

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- Great research into children's needs for effective writing.
Lessons from a Child, provides phenomonal research into the development and achievement of a student's writing. Lucy McCormick Calkins, the author of this book and former elementary education teacher, conducts a research project at Atkinson Elemtary School in Atkinson, New Hamphire. She begins her study in a third grade classroom with her focus on one particular student. The student's name is Susie. Mrs. Calkins finishes her research after following her through the fourth grade. Mrs. Calkins ... Read More

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- Teaching and Learning to Write.
The book "Lessons From A Child" by Lucy McCormick Calkins is a book about research done on the process children go through when they write.

The book follows one particular student in Mrs. Howard's classroom, Susie, through her writing. As you read, you can see the changes that take place in Susie's writing. It is simply amazing to see the changes that children go through when they write.

When the author started her research at Susie's elementary school in Atkinson, New ... Read More

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- Come and learn from the child.
"LESSONS FROM A CHILD"

Lucy McCormick Calkins personal teaching techniques and her background experience as a teacher, took on a whole different role when she was asked to become a full-time researcher for the National Institute of Education. The main objective of the study was to depict, "how to bridge theory and practice" (p.6), while studying how children gain growth in their writing. Ironically, this research study proved to be a valuable lesson for teachers to learn how to teach ... Read More

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- "Writing is the Act of Giving"
Lesson From a Child: On the Teaching and Learning of Writing Lucy McCormick Calkins in her book, Lessons From a Child, interprets her findings in a 2 year long research study, which centered on the development of elementary school aged students' writing skills. This research study involved 16 students and 7 classrooms at Atkinson Academy in Atkinson, New Hampshire. Calkins' passionate involvement in this project is reflected in her choice of title for her books. She writes, "I have named this book ... Read More