Select a grade range from the list below and consider how you would integrate reading and
writing instruction in your classroom (including in the content areas) in that grade range:
Kindergarten–1st
2nd–3rd
4th–6th
Review best practices for teaching writing to elementary students. Pay particular attention to
best practices for your selected grade range.
Chapter 10, pages427-429
Chapter 13
Reading Rockets modulesfound in the Learning Activities folder
Assignment format: Your response to this assignment will be in four different formats:
Persuasive narrativeessay
Chart
Graphic organizer
Rubric
Compose a response that includes the following information from the perspective of teaching
the grade level you selected:
Persuasive Narrative Essay: A 150- to 175-word rationale in which you share specific reasons why
reading and writing should or should not be taught together (including evidence from research
to support your rationale), and how this knowledge will directly impact the way you teach. Be
sure to cite resources used to support your point of view.
Chart: 1–2 examples of instructional strategies that you could use in your classroom to develop
each of the 6 traits of writing are listed and explained
Graphic Organizer: 3 specific ways that you will incorporate opportunities for students to write
on a daily basis—including ways that they will write to demonstrate their learning (in various
subject areas) and ways that they will write to develop writing skills. Explain each writing
opportunity within the graphic organizer.
Rubric: A rubric (about a half page but no more than a page) with at least 4 criteria and
expectations for scoring a piece of writing that students in your selected grade levels might
write
Include a title page, introduction, conclusion and reference page. Follow APA guidelines for the
title page, reference page, and all citations.
Review the grading rubric for details about assignment expectations.
