A Few Resources for Teaching Writing in K-5

Bibliography of Writing Texts for Teachers, K-5

Anderson, Jeff.  (2011). 10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Angelillo, Janet. (2003). Writing About Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays, Grades 3-8. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Ayres, Ruth. (2010). Day by Day: Refining Writing Workshop Through 180 Days of Reflective Practice. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Blauman, Leslie. (2012). Kid-Tested Writing Lessons for Grades 3-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Corgill, Ann Marie. (2008). Of Primary Importance: What’s Essential in Teaching Young Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Dyson, Anne Haas. (1993). Social Worlds of Children Learning to Write in Urban Primary Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.

Dyson, Anne Haas. (1997). Writing Superheroes: Contemporary Childhood, Popular Culture, and Classroom Literacy. New York: Teachers College Press.

Dyson, Anne Haas. (2013). ReWRITING the Basics: literacy Learning in Children's Cultures. New York: Teachers College Press.

Ehrenworth, Mary & Vicki Vinton. (2005). The Power of Grammar: Unconventional Approaches to the Conventions of Language. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Ehrenworth, Mary. (2003). Looking to Write: Students Writing through the Visual Arts. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Feigelson, Dan. (2008). Practical Punctuation: Lessons on Rule Making and RuleBreaking in Elementary Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Fletcher, Ralph. (2006). Boy Writers: Reclaiming their Voices. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Glower, Matt. (2009). Engaging Young Writers, Preschool-Grade 1. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Graham, Steve, Charles A. MacArthur & Jill Fitzgerald. (Ed.). (2013). Best Practices in Writing Instruction, 2^nd Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Graves, Donald. (2003). Writing: Teachers and Children at Work –Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Hale, Elizabeth. (2014). Readers Writing: Strategy Lessons for Responding to Narrative and Informational Text. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Hale, Elizabeth. (2008). Crafting Writers, K-6. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Heard, Georgia and McDonough. (2009). A Place of Wonder. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Hindley, Joanne. (1996). In the Company of Children. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Horn, Martha & Mary Ellen Giacobbe. (2007). Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Killgallon Don & Jenny Killgallon. (2014). Paragraphs for Elementary School: A Sentence-Composing Approach - A Student Work Text. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

McCarrier, Andrea, Fountas, Irene & Gay Su Pinnell. (1999). Interactive Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Messner, Kate. (2011). Real Revision: Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Newkirk, Thomas. (2014). Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Pahl, Kate & Jenifer Roswell. (2010). Artifactual Literacies: Every Object Tells a Story. New York: TC Press.

Ray, Katie Wood. (2010). In Pictures and In Words: Teaching the Qualities of Good Writing Through Illustration Study. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Ray, Katie Wood & Lisa Cleveland. (2004). About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Weaver, Constance. (2008). Grammar to Enrich and Enhance Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Wohlwend, Karen E. (2011). Playing Their Way into Literacies: Reading, Writing, and Belonging in the Early Childhood Classroom. New York: TC Press.

A Few Books To Strengthen Your Own Art as Writer

Clark, Roy Pete. (2008). Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

Dillard, Annie. (2009). The Writing Life. New York: HarperCollins.

Gaiman, Neil. (2013). Make Good Art. New York: William Morrow. (Link to Commencement Address)

Goldberg, Natalie. (2005). Writing Down the Bones. Boston, MA: Shambhala.

King, Stephen. (2010). On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York: Scribner.

Lamott, Anne. (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books. New York: Plume.

Levy, Deborah. (2013). Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing. New York: Bloomsbury

Maran, Meredith. (ed.). (2013). Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do.

Pinsky, Robert. (2013). Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters. New York: W.W. Norton.

Pressfield, Steven. (2011). The War of Art:  Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. New York: Black Irish Entertainment LLC.

Shapiro, Dani. (2013). Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press.