Publications

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1. monographs

  • 2020 Author rounds - children develop literary skills. An interdisciplinary theory-building study on conversations about own texts in elementary school. Waxmann-Verlag Münster 2020 (dissertation)
  • 2018 Individual learning paths in writing and spelling. A handbook for German lessons.
  • 2016 Part I: Grades 1 and 2 (3rd edition 2018, first publication 2007), Part IIA: Grades 3 to 6, Part A: Development of writing skills based on individually significant texts. (2nd edition 2016, first publication 2013), Part II B: Development of spelling competence in the context of writing (2nd edition 2016, first publication 2013), Verlag der Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.
  • 1998 Writing and spelling. A practical book for individual spelling training. Published by the Dieck Agency, Heinsberg.
  • 1996 (with Gaschk, Andrea) Unterwegs im Zauberland der Sprache, der Farben und Formen. Variations on linguistic and aesthetic education from 1st to 6th grade. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.


2. contributions to edited volumes

  • 2020 Artifacts in conversations about textual qualities. Literary practices in authors' rounds. In: Kruse, Norbert/Reichardt, Anke/Riegeler, Susanne (eds.): Materialität des Schrifterwerbs. Erich-Schmidt-Verlag Berlin. (in preparation)
  • 2020 " I would be nothing without writing" - transformation through writing and discussions about one's own texts in writers' groups. In: Beisbart, Ortwin/Bismarck, Kristina (eds.): Teaching German - Building World Relationships. Theory and practice of resonance-based German lessons. Beltz Verlag Weinheim/ Basel, pp. 38 - 55.
  • 2018 Conversations about own texts in writers' groups - initiating literary identity within a writing community. In: Bär, Christina/Uhl, Benjamin (eds.): Text writing from a child's perspective. Fillibach, pp. 143 - 166.
  • 2016 Spelling in the house of learning. In: Kruse, Norbert/Reichardt, Anke (eds.): How much spelling do primary school pupils need? Positions and perspectives on spelling teaching in elementary school. PP. 22 - 37, PP. 135 - 143, PP. 191 - 193.
  • 2016 Becoming at home in language, writing and class. In: Markmann, Gesa/Oswald, Claudia (eds.): Children and young people with flight experiences at school. Impulses for inclusive practice. Hohengehren: Schneider Verlag, pp. 126-131.
  • 2015 Vocabulary work - meaningful and structure-oriented. In: Brinkmann, Erika (ed.): Spelling in the discussion. Literacy acquisition and spelling lessons. Contributions to the reform of elementary school 140. Grundschulverband, Frankfurt a. M., p. 244 - 250.
  • 2015 Meaningful writing - own texts as a basis for individual competence development. In: Blechschmidt, Anja/Schräpler, Ute (eds.): Oral and written texts in speech therapy and teaching. Basel: Schwabe-Verlag, pp. 81 - 94.
  • 2014 " Schreibzeit" - From practice to the concept of inclusive teaching. In: Ritter, Michael/Hennies, Johannes: German didactics in inclusion. Fillibach/Klett, p. 169 - 182.
  • 2014 Reflecting on and developing text procedures in the context of own texts. In: Bachmann, Thomas/Feilke, Helmuth (eds.): Werkzeuge des Schreibens - Beiträge zu einer Didaktik der Textprozeduren. Stuttgart: Fillibach/Klett, pp. 85 - 110.
  • 2012 Learning to revise in authentic writing contexts - with the text-hand. Basics - observations - guidelines for teaching. In: Hüttis-Graff, Petra/Jantzen, Christoph (eds.), Learning to revise - revising as learning. Fillibach/Klett Freiburg/Br. 2012, p. 289 - 305
  • 2011 Writing conferences - going your own way. A text about writing conferences - and its development. In: Spitta, Gudrun, Let children show what they can do. Newly published contributions to a democratic didactics of German. Edited by Sven Nickel. Norderstedt
  • 2010 Individually meaningful writing as the basis of writing competence development. In: Jantzen, Christoph/Merklinger, Daniela (eds.): Reading and writing: Lernerperspektiven und Könnens- erfahrungen, Fillibach Freiburg/Br. 2010, pp. 81 - 113.
  • 2000 Strengtheningpersonality . On the training and support of teachers. In: Büttner, Chr./Schwichtenberg, E. (eds.), Brutal and uncontrolled. Schülergewalt und Interventionsmöglichkeiten in der Grundschule, Beltz Verlag Weinheim/Basel, pp. 148 - 166.

3. editorships

  • 2020 Moderation of the thematic issue "Literale Praktiken". DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT issue 322, Friedrich-Verlag Velber.
  • 2018 (with Wietzke, Frauke/IQSH - Institute for Quality Development in Schleswig-Holstein) Leitfaden zu den Fachanforderungen Deutsch Grundschule/Primarstufe. Kiel.
  • 2002 My God, my God... Opening up biblical themes with psalm words. A practical book for school and parish. Neukirchener-Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn

4. articles in journals

  • Goodbye to the2020 essay! And now what? Acquiring and reviewing writing skills. In: Primary school German 67, p. 12 - 15
  • 2020 Literary practices at school. School language action as social and cultural action. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 322, p. 6 - 11 (basic article)
  • 2020 with Gronwald, Romina/Sell, Silke/Theurich, Silke: Primer, phonics chart or workbook? The influence of the material on the practices of written language acquisition. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 322, p. 12 - 15.
  • 2020 with Morek, Miriam: "How does the text affect you?" Developing discussion and writing skills in writers' groups. In: The GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 322, p. 25 - 30.
  • 2020 Revising texts can be learned. Initiating and optimizing work in writing conferences. In: Primary school German lessons issue 2, p. 10 - 15.
  • 2019 Learning to spell - individualized and together. In: "unterrichtspraxis". Supplement to "bildung und wissenschaft" of the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Baden-Württemberg, 52nd year, issue no. 6 (8 pages).
  • 2019 WORT-BAU-STEIN-E. Discoveries in open work phases and in joint spelling discussions. In: German differentiated 2-2019, p. 42 - 45.
  • 2019 Thinking about handwriting. In: Primary school German 1/2019, p. 37 - 45.
  • 2018 Phonetic chart and spelling from the start! Questions and answers about "writing by hearing" or "writing by ear". In: MONTESSORI. Journal for Montessori education. 56th year, issue 2, p. 29 - 39.
  • 2018 with Schröder, Nadine: "Nimm mich wahr!" - Inklusiv literarisch lernen. The book "Hallo, ich bin auch noch da" in elementary school lessons. In: Practice German 272, p. 58 - 60.
  • 2018 Insights into research. Learning in dialog. Beate Leßmann in conversation with Peter Gallin and Urs Ruf. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 311, pp. 46-49.
  • 2018 Free writing and text types. Example: Narrative texts. In: Primary school German 59, p. 24 - 30.
  • 2017 Learning to write correctly. Between spelling, child and lesson. Basic article on spelling. In: Primary school magazine 4-2017, p. 7 - 13.
  • 2017 Spelling work. Checking and assessing spelling performance. In: Primary school magazine 4-2017, p. 34 - 39.
  • 2016 Leßmann, Beate, Ten principles of support in German lessons. In: Die Grundschule /Grundschule Extra p. 11 - 14.
  • 2014 " It was an honor to write with you..." Writing your own texts as a fundamental resource for individual and group learning. In: Grundschule aktuell, magazine of the primary school association 126, p. 21 - 24.
  • 2014 Individual and joint learning paths in spelling - networking the potential of the individual and the group. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 271/2014, p. 44 - 48.
  • 2014 Of doubtful cases and emergency words. Looking up words in the dictionary as an opportunity for language reflection. In: Grundschule Deutsch 41/2014, p. 40 - 42 (plus material on CD).
  • 2014 " Sick" words come to the clinic. Systematically and individually learning to spell words correctly. In: Deutsch Differenziert 4/2014, p. 2 - 5 (plus material).
  • 2013 Learning to take responsibility for your own text - self-evaluation and feedback with the text hand in authoring rounds. In: Fördermagazin Sekundarstufe 4/2013, p. 9 - 13.
  • 2013 Developing text skills through authoring rounds. In: Practice German 239, p. 13 - 15.
  • 2013 Spelling competence on individual learning paths - suggestions for integrative, inclusive lessons. In: Grundschule aktuell, magazine of the primary school association 124/2013, p. 20 - 23.
  • 2013 Who writes, describes. Starting from the children's skills. In: Primary school German 37/2013, p. 25 - 28.
  • 2012 Author rounds: Discovering text qualities together. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 258/259, p. 52 - 55.
  • 2011 From red thread to text fabric. Learning to think about, revise and plan your own texts with the "text hand". In: Grundschulunterricht Deutsch 3/2011, p. 25 - 29.
  • 2009 Spelling - for the sake of the texts. In: Primary school German 22/2009, p. 7 - 11.
  • 2008 Discovering and exploring" writing secrets" in texts. In Grundschule Deutsch 20/2008, p. 14 - 17.
  • 2008 Writing - creatively and cooperatively. Suggestions for different contexts. In: Primary school German 2/2008, p. 1 - 24.
  • 2008 Methodically sensible copying. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 211, p. 46 - 49.
  • 2006 Reading diary or reading journal - suggestions for open reading times. In: Primary school lessons 7-8, p. 39 - 44.
  • 2005 Hope that crosses death. Telling the Passion and Easter with pictures. In: Primary School Religion 10/2005, p. 6 - 8.
  • 2004 Dictations - without end? Steps towards the final farewell of the traditional dictation. In: Primary school teaching 4/2004, p. 33 - 39.
  • 2004 Parents' Day in Year 1. Presenting individual learning successes with portfolios. In: Die GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 17/2004, p: 51 - 53.
  • 2004 " Writing in a diary is fun" - Regular individual writing as a basis for learning to write and spell. In: Primary school teaching 9/2004, p. 23 - 45.
  • 2004 Remember instead of forget! The topic "Persecution of the Jews" in elementary school! - discussed using the example of a teaching suggestion for November 9th. In: Kaiser, A./Pech, D. (eds.): Basiswissen Sachunterricht (6 vols.), Schneider-Verlag Baltmannsweiler 2004, pp. 208 - 216.
  • 2004 Children's Bibles - spoiled for choice? In: Grundschule Religion 7/2004, p. 30 - 32.
  • 2003 Insights into US-American school reality - prospects for PISA consequences in Germany? Part 1: Example "Reading competence" In: Grundschulunterricht 1/2003, p. 55 - 59. Part 2: Direction or warning?! Performance standards In: Grundschulunterricht 9/2003, p. 45 - 49. Part 3: More success through all-day schools and earlier school enrolment? In: Primary school teaching 10/2003, p. 42 - 44.
  • 2003 " You are sun and warm me!" - Finding comfort and hope in the images of the Psalms. In: Primary school religion 4/2003, p. 20 - 23.
  • 2002 " But I think that..." Conversation culture: personality-strengthening! In: Primary school teaching I/2002, p. 20 - 24.
  • 2001 Alternative practice requires alternative materials. The development of an error-oriented spelling card index. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 144, p. 44 - 47.
  • 2001 Learning to spell using own texts. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 144, p. 18 - 20.
  • 2000 How children's words become practice words. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 137, p. 20 - 23.
  • 2000 Leßmann, Beate, When leaves fall... Thinking about death and grief with children. In: Primary school lessons 9/2000, p. 33 - 37.
  • 2000 Bartnitzky , Horst/Brinkmann, Erika/Leßmann, Beate, Exploring words - practicing words. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 137 (material section).
  • 1997 Mit allen Sinnen - Wahrnehmung von Natur im sinnenhaft gestalteten, fächerübergreifenden Unterricht. In: Primary school lessons 2/1997, p. 13 - 17.
  • 1995 Roots give support. Lesson outline on the symbol "roots" in the 4th school year. In: Pädagogisch-Theologisches Institut Kassel (ed.), forum religion 1/1995, p. 3 - 10.
  • 1994 Safe in good hands. Children encounter the symbol "hand". In: Pädagogisch-Theologisches Institut der Evangelischen Kirche im Rheinland (ed.), Religionsunterricht, Materialien und Entwürfe für den Religionsunterricht in der Primarstufe, Bonn/Bad Godesberg 1994
  • 1993 The winter bird. A shared fantasy journey as a trigger for individual writing. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 61 ("Writing conferences" issue), pp. 27 - 29.
  • 1993 Remembering instead of forgetting. Suggestions for lessons in remembrance of the progrom of November 9, 1938. In: DIE GRUNDSCHULZEITSCHRIFT 64/1993, p.26 - 29.
  • 1990 (with Barnikol, Horst-Martin) Skapelsens Människa Som Guds Avbild. Om grundstrukturen i John Wesleysteologiska antropologi, in: TRO & LIV Nr. 1(1990), Jahrgang 49, p. 23 - 36. (Excerpts from the written term paper as part of the First State Examination for the Teaching Qualification for Primary School, Department of Protestant Theology: "Der Mensch als Bild Gottes in der Theologie John Wesleys", translated into Swedish by Rune Larsson)

5. materials for training and further education

  • Since 2013 Presentations and materials for multipliers in basic and further training to strengthen individualized and collaborative learning paths in German lessons (homepage)
  • 2009 Structuring individual learning paths in open learning phases. In: IQSH (Institute for Quality Development in Schleswig-Holstein) (ed.), Eingangsphase an Grundschulen. Expanding individual support in the classroom. German. Kiel, pp. 80 - 141.
  • 2006 Examples of competence-oriented teaching. In: Lankes, Eva-Maria / Leßmann, Beate / Wietzke, Frauke: Competence-oriented teaching. Educational standards in German for the end of primary school. IQSH (Institute for Quality Development in SH)/Kiel, pp. 33 - 50.
  • 2001 Writing and spelling: Concept for individual spelling training. Leitfaden für die Moderation in Aus- und Fortbildung, Verlag der Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg: Mappe 1: Einführung in das Konzept und die Materialien. Folder 2: Observing, checking and evaluating learning and performance development in the area of spelling.

6. materials for teaching (selection)

  • 2009 (with Ostermann, Jana/Rathjen, Nicole) Spelling box for secondary level I. Parts I, II, III, IV, V. Materials for individual spelling training, with accompanying booklet and outline booklet. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.
  • 2009 (with Ostermann, Jana/Rathjen, Nicole) Training package for spelling. 38 diagnostic and control tests to support individual, independent spelling learning with the spelling box for lower secondary level. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.
  • 2007 Vocabulary building - sound training - sentence formation. Suggestions for language development for children with German as a first or second language. For language work from kindergarten to secondary school. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.
  • 2000/1999 Spelling box I, II, III. Materials for individual spelling training in elementary school. Verlag der Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg (first edition 1999/2000, various new editions of the boxes and the accompanying booklets 1, 2 and 3).

7. movie releases

  • 2013 Class texts! Developing writing skills with the class on their own texts. Insights into individual and joint learning paths in 4th and 6th grade. A film about teaching by and with Beate Leßmann. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.
  • 2006 Valuing every child! How individual learning paths in writing and spelling make children strong. A film about teaching in elementary school by and with Beate Leßmann. Published by Agentur Dieck, Heinsberg.

8. homepage

  • Since 2013 Digital publications, provision of material for teaching, teaching and research (case studies, films, short articles, texts by children and young people, materials) on the areas of writing/spelling, reading, initial teaching, inclusion, etc.:www.beate-lessmann.de