Professional Books for Educators
Grades K-8
Suggested Books for Teaching Writing
General Interest Texts
Allington, Richard and Cunningham, Patricia. 2001. Schools that Work: Where All Children Read and Write. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Anderson, Carl. 2000. How’s It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Chapman, Carolyn and King, Rita. 2003. Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Davis, Judy and Hill, Sharon. 2003. The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Dorfman, Lynne R. and Rose Cappelli. 2007. Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing through Children's Literature, K–6. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Elbow, Peter. 1998. Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ehrenworth, Mary. 2003. Looking to Write: Students Writing through the Visual Arts. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Fletcher, Ralph. 1998. Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Fletcher, Ralph. 2003. A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer within You. New York: Harper Trophy.
Gardiner, Steve. 2005. Building Student Literacy Through Sustained Silent Reading. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Graves, Donald. 1994. A Fresh Look at Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Graves, Donald. 2003. Writing: Teachers and Children at Work –Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Harwayne, Shelley. 1992. Lasting Impressions: Weaving Literature into the Writing Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Harwayne, Shelley. 2001. Writing through Childhood: Rethinking Process and Product. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Hindley, Joanne. 1996. In the Company of Children. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Portalupi, Joann. 2001. Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Ray, Katie Wood. 1999. Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English.
Ray, Katie Wood with Lester Laminack. 2001. The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts). Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English.
Robb, Laura. 2004. Nonfiction Writing: From the Inside Out. New York: Scholastic Professional Books.
Strickland, Dorothy S., Ganske, Kathy and Monroe, Joanne K. 2002. Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers: Strategies for Classroom Intervention 3-6. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers and Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Books for Use in the Lower Grades
Avery, Carol. 1993. And with a Light Touch: Learning about Reading, Writing and Teaching with First Graders. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Calkins, Lucy and the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. 2003. Units of Study for Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Diller, Debbie. 2003. Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
Dyon, Anne Haas. 1997. Writing Superheroes: Contemporary Childhood, Popular Culture, and Classroom Literacy. New York: Teachers College Press.
Horn, Martha and Giacobbe, Mary Ellen. 2007. Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Matteson, David M. and Freeman, Deborah K. 2005. Assessing and Teaching Beginning Writers: Every Picture Tells a Story. New York: Richard C. Owen Publishers.
McCarrier, Andrea, Pinnell, Gay Su and Fountas, Irene C. 2000. Interactive Writing: How Language and Literacy Come Together, K-2. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
McGee, Lea M. and Morrow, Lesley M. 2005. Teaching Literacy in Kindergarten. New York: Guilford Press.
Ray, Katie and Cleaveland, L. 2004. Writing Workshop with our Youngest Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Ruzzo, Karen and Sacco, Mary Anne . 2004. Significant Studies for Second Grade: Reading and Writing Investigations for Children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Schulze, Arlene, C. 2006. Helping Children Become Readers Through Writing: a Guide to Writing Workshop in Kindergarten. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Books for Use in Upper Grades
Atwell, Nancie. 1998. In the Middle: New Understanding about Writing, Reading and Learning. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Atwell, Nancie. 2003. Lessons that Change Writers, Grades 5-9. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Firsthand.
Beers, Kylene, Pobst, Robert E., and Rief, Linda. 2007. Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Bomer, Randy and Bomer, Katherine. 2001. For a Better World: Reading and Writing for Social Action. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Bomer, Katherine. 2005. Writing a Life: Teaching Memoir to Sharpen Insight, Shape Meaning and Triumph Over Tests. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Buckner, Aimee. 2005. Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Calkins, Lucy, Martinelli Marjorie, Kessler, Ted and Gillette, Cory. 2006. Units of Study for Teaching Writing: Grades 3-5 Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Daniels, Harvey, Zemelman, Steven, and Steineke, Nancy. 2007. Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher’s Guide. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Fisher, Douglas and Frey, Nancy. 2007. Scaffolded Writing Instruction: Teaching with a Gradual-Release Framework. New York: Scholastic Professional Books.
Gallagher, Kelly. 2006. Teaching Adolescent Writers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Harvey, Stephanie. 1998. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing and Research in Grades 3-8. Portsmouth, NH: Stenhouse.
Lewin, Larry. 2003. Paving the Way in Reading and Writing: Strategies and Activities to Support Struggling Students in Grades 6-12. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Newkirk, Thomas and Kent, Richard, Editors. 2007. Teaching the Neglected "R": Rethinking Writing Instruction in Secondary Classroom (Grades 7-12). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Boynton/Cook.
Passman, Roger & McKnight, Katherine S. 2007. Teaching Writing in the Inclusive Classroom: Strategies and Skills for All Students. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Robb, Laura. 2004. Nonfiction Writing From the Inside Out: Writing Lessons Inspired by Conversations with Leading Authors. New York: Scholastic Professional Books.
Zinsser, William. 2006. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Sixth Edition. New York: HarperCollins.