Interactive Writing in a Primary Classroom

• Published in: The Reading teacher Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 446 - 454
• Main Authors: Button, Kathryn, Johnson, Margaret J., Furgerson, Paige
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newark International Reading Association 01.03.1996; International Literacy Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Beginning Reading; Beginning Writing; Child growth; Children; Childrens literature; Classroom communication; Composition (Language arts); Elementary education; Elementary school students; Emergent Literacy; Evaluation; Interaction analysis in education; Interactive Writing; Kindergarten; Language Experience Approach; Literacy; Preschool Education; Primary Education; Reading instruction; Reading Materials; Reading Writing Relationship; Sound; Student Needs; Study and teaching; Teacher Student Relationship; Teacher-student relations; Teacher-student relationships; Teachers; Teaching; Writing; Writing Instruction; Writing processes; Writing teachers; Young Children; New York; Lubbock Texas; Ohio; United States > US; Texas
• ISSN: 0034-0561; 1936-2714

Describes how interactive writing is used in one primary classroom, and shows how it provides a means for teachers to engage in effective literacy instruction within the framework of constructing texts filled with personal and collective meaning. Discusses the roots of interactive writing, interactive writing in practice, what interactive writing looks like, literacy assessment, and meeting individual student's needs. (SR)