Synopses & Reviews
This excellent classroom resource features mini-lessons that include think-alouds,” writing good sentences, choosing titles, adding to editors checklists, revision by finding a better word, spelling, and using a word wall. It is designed to take teachers through the school year and help ensure student success during the Writing Block. It also fully supports the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model.
Synopsis
-This excellent classroom resource features mini-lessons that include think-alouds,” writing good sentences, choosing titles, adding to editors checklists, revision by finding a better word, spelling, and using a word wall.
About the Author
Dottie Hall is a former curriculum coordinator who has taught first, second, third, and fourth grades, and at the college level. Dottie is the director of the Four-Blocks® Center at Wake Forest University. She has over 30 years of teaching experience and is involved in staff development with teachers and administrators across the United States.Pat Cunningham is a professor of education at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Pat has taught first grade, fourth grade, and remedial reading and has over 30 years of teaching experience. She is involved in staff development with teachers and administrators across the United States. Pat was inducted into the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame in 2002.