David+Matteson+Workshop

DOCUMENTS FROM WORKSHOP: ** Here is the download that David spoke of in our Saturday workshop. I thought we were going to be able to get the journal, but after emailing him, this is what he gave me. The teacher’s guide is attached and is still very helpful. ** 
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by David Matteson**
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These writing notebooks are for young students to draw pictures about which they will dictate or write their thoughts. Teachers use these experiences to develop oral language, letter-sound knowledge, and vocabulary in an enjoyable and meaningful way for their students. A space for the teacher's monitoring notes turn these notebooks into an assessment that documents students growth and achievement.

by David M. Matteson**
 * I am going to order a copy of these 2 below for our school. **
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 * Deborah K Freeman**

This book for pre-kindergarten and early primary teachers describes a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate approach to working with fiction and nonfiction texts through “playing at reading” and introduces a formative assessment tool designed to determine how beginning readers engage with books and print. As in the companion book, Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers, the authors explore ways to develop students’ proficiency in oral language and attention to detail.


 * by David M. Matteson and Deborah K. Freeman**

Foreword by Lesley Mandel Morrow

Based on strong understandings of developmentally appropriate practices, the authors have created and explained a continuum designed to assess what very young children know about oral language, drawing, and writing. This new, well-researched and easy-to-use assessment tool helps teachers determine powerful next literacy steps and instruction for their young students. Many writing, drawing, and construction examples, and vignettes of conversations between teachers and children show what best practices look and sound like in instructional settings for 3-6 year old learners. Selected visuals and data-gathering forms will help educators in early literacy settings get the most out of developmentally appropriate instruction.