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Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language

Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language

Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language
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Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language

Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language

Overview

Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson adapt their vibrant approach to grammar instruction in Patterns of Wonder, Grades Prek-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language. Here, young, emergent writers are invited to notice the conventions of language and build off them in this inquiry-based approach to instructional grammar. The book comes with standards-aligned lessons that can be incorporated in just 10 minutes a day. Patterns of Wonder’s responsive, invitational approach allows young students to play and inquire about language and experiment, take risks, and have fun. Inside you’ll find:

  • Ready-to-use lesson plan sets that pinpoint and build across the most common needs of emergent writers
  • An adjusted invitational process adapted for young learners, and the "Phases of Emergent Writing" as tools to plan for effective, scaffolded instruction
  • How to position grammar concepts about print instruction across three overlapping levels of support: oral language, illustrating, and writing
  • Over 200 engaging picture book recommendations to stir curious classroom conversations

Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1 provides a simple classroom routine that is structured in length and approach, but provides teachers flexibility in choosing the texts, allowing for numerous, diverse voices in the classroom. The practice helps students build cognitive recognition and provides a formative assessment for teachers on student progress. Grounded in play, conversation, and most of all, wonder, Patterns of Wonder brings the authors’ irrepressible excitement for inquiry and writing instruction to the ways we support our Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade emergent writers. The Patterns of Power series also includes Patterns of Power, Grades 6-8: Inviting Adolescent Writers into the Conventions of Language; Patterns of Power, Grades 1-5: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language; Patterns of Power, Grades 9-12: Teaching Grammar Through Reading and Writing; and Patterns of Power en Español. Grades 1-5: Inviting Bilingual Writers into the Conventions of Spanish.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625314505
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Publication date: 12/24/2021
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 132,783
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Whitney La Rocca is an elementary literacy coach and has spent over 20 years working with young readers and writers. She enjoys delivering professional development and coaching teachers in best practices to empower children to create their identities in the world of literacy.

For over thirty years, Jeff Anderson has inspired writers and teachers of grades K–8 with the power and joy of the writing and grammar. He has written eight books for Stenhouse Publishers. He also writes middle-grade novels.

Table of Contents

Foreword Matt Glover ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: A Space for Wonder Is a Space for Writing 1

Part 1 Getting Started with the Patterns of Wonder Process 7

Chapter 1 The Patterns of Wonder Process 9

Chapter 2 The Patterns of Wonder Phases of Emergent Writing 21

Chapter 3 The Planning Behind the Patterns of Wonder Process 49

Chapter 4 The Patterns of Wonder Process in Action 65

Part 2 Into the Patterns of Wonder Lessons 75

Using the Patterns of Wonder Process in Your Classroom 77

Scribble Writing Lesson Sets 87

Lesson 1.1 Making Your Mark: Use Marks to Record Language 88

Lesson 1.2 What Could You Say? Use Words to Make Sentences 92

Lesson 1.3 Shake a Book and Nouns Fall Out: Nouns Show People, Places, and Things 97

Lesson 1.4 We Nail Verbs: Verbs Show What's Happening 102

Lesson 1.5 What Color Is the Sky? Adjectives Tell What Kind 108

Lesson 1.6 You Can Count on Me: Adjectives Tell How Many 114

Lesson 1.7 Oh, Yes: Prepositions Tell Where 118

Lesson 1.8 And Adds More: Conjunctions 124

Lesson 1.9 What's First? Use Transition Words to Share Thoughts in Order 129

Symbol and Letter Writing Lesson Sets 135

Lesson 2.1 On Your Marks … Use Marks, Symbols, and Letters to Record Language 136

Lesson 2.2 The Sounds of the Sea: Letter-Sound Correspondence 141

Lesson 2.3 Jump into Sentences: Use Words to Make Sentences 146

Lesson 2.4 Names from A to Z: Capitalize Names 150

Lesson 2.5 Can I Be Your Noun? Nouns Show People, Places, and Things 155

Lesson 2.6 Writers Run into Verbs: Verbs Show and Tell Action 160

Lesson 2.7 The Powerful Dot: Periods Start Clicking 164

Lesson 2.8 Yello! I'm So Excited! Exclamation Marks 169

Lesson 2.9 Are There Any Questions? Question Marks 173

Lesson 2.10 Are All School Buses Yellow? Adjectives Tell What Kind 178

Lesson 2.11 Five Fingers, One Hand; Ten Toes, Two Feet: Adjectives Show and Tell How Many 182

Lesson 2.12 In the Classroom: Prepositions Tell Where 187

Lesson 2.13 Dare to Use joining Words: Conjunctions 193

Lesson 2.14 Writers Use Tools: Transition Words to Share Thoughts in Order 200

Transitional Writing Lesson Sets 205

Lesson 3.1 The Sound of Words: Use Letters to Record Language and Make Words 206

Lesson 3.2 Letter Sounds Are No Accident: Letter-Sound Correspondence 210

Lesson 3.3 Be a Sentence Citizen: Use Words to Make Sentences 215

Lesson 3.4 Space Matters: Use Spaces Between Words 218

Lesson 3.5 The Name Game: Capitalize Names 223

Lesson 3.6 Off to a Good Start: Begin Sentences with Capital Letters 228

Lesson 3.7 Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me a Map: Nouns Show People, Place, and Things 231

Lesson 3.8 The Replacements: Pronouns 235

Lesson 3.9 Verbs Gotta MOVE: Verbs Show Action 239

Lesson 3.10 At Lasso's End: Periods 243

Lesson 3.11 Maybe Something Exciting: Exclamation Marks 247

Lesson 3.12 Going Up? Question Marks 252

Lesson 3.13 More to a Label Than a Noun: Adjectives Tell What Kind 255

Lesson 3.14 I Ate Three Snacks in Two Hours, But I'm Still Hungry: Adjectives Tell How Many 260

Lesson 3.15 Where Is the Monster? Prepositions Tell Where 265

Lesson 3.16 BOA Connectors: Write More with Conjunctions 270

Lesson 3.17 Transitions Are Directions: Use Transition Words to Write Order 274

Conventional Writing Lesson Sets 279

Lesson 4.1 A Journey Through Words and Pictures: Use Letters to Record Language and Make Words 280

Lesson 4.2 Splitting Hairs: Capitalize Names of People 283

Lesson 4.3 Place Time: Capitalize Names of People and Places 286

Lesson 4.4 Capitals Begin: Begin Sentences with Capital Letters 289

Lesson 4.5 Because I Say So: Capitalize the Pronoun I 295

Lesson 4.6 Don't Cry over Spilled Crayons: Nouns Show People, Places, and Things 298

Lesson 4.7 One Singular Sensation: Singular Nouns 301

Lesson 4.8 More Than One Amazing Person, Place, or Thing! Plural Nouns 305

Lesson 4.9 Match Game: Pronouns 310

Lesson 4.10 Verbs for All Seasons: Verbs Show Action 316

Lesson 4.11 Why? You Know WHY! The End Marks 320

Lesson 4.12 Is It a Toy Turtle, Pet Turtle, or Sea Turtle? Adjectives Show What Kind 326

Lesson 4.13 Between Two Windows: Adjectives Show How Many 330

Lesson 4.14 We're Adjectives, Too: A, An, The 333

Lesson 4.15 When and Where? Prepositions 337

Lesson 4.16 BOAS Connect! Conjunctions 341

Lesson 4.17 Planting Seeds: Use Transition Words to Write Order 348

Conclusion: An Adventure of Curiosity 353

Appendix

Appendix A Patterns of Wonder Across Literacy Settings 355

Appendix B Patterns of Wonder to Patterns of Power 356

Appendix C Patterns of Wonder Planning Template 359

Children's Literature Bibliography 361

Professional Bibliography 367

Credits 369

Index 373

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