Build a Literate Classroom

by Donald H. Graves

The reading and writing processes have historically been kept apart, but with this series you can explore their richness for yourself and your students in ways that unite the processes meaningfully and productively. In Build a Literate Classroom , learn how to work with your children to improve learning and uncover their potential. The "Actions" in this book help you rethink learning and change your use of time so children can be lifelong readers and organize the classroom, shorten conferences, keep records, work with skills, conduct mini-lessons, and systematically evaluate progress. To learn more about Donald Graves, visit .

Genres: Education, Teaching

187 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 1991

About the author

Donald Graves was one of the greatest voices of his generation, a plain spoken, thoughtful genius. He was an educator, a writer, an outspoken advocate for educational best practices. His death was a loss too great to put into words for people the world over, whether they were aware of it or not. A Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, Donald Graves, with the help of mentor Donald Murray and contemporaries like Lucy Calkins and Ralph Fletcher, revolutionized writing instruction in the U.S. with the widespread practice of practical workshop-based language arts instruction. In his decades at the forefront of writing instruction research, Donald offered numerous works that continue to shape the face of instruction today and for the foreseeable future.