First Grade Writers: Units of Study to Help Children Plan, Organize, and Structure Their Ideas

by Stephanie Parsons

What readers will love about this book is that it offers big-picture understandings of teaching, then it zooms in and offers the details of that teaching.
--Katie Wood Ray, author of About the Authors

First graders have no shortage of ideas. The hard part for them is putting thoughts together into a cohesive draft. Organizing and planning for writing defy simple description and aren't easily modeled for students, making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325005249
• ISBN13: 9780325005249
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

If You Teach 1st Grade, You Have to Read This Book

This is an excellent resource book. In our school, we use Lucy Caulkins Units of Study. First Grade Writers is a great companion book for Caulkins' work. It starts with building a community of writers and pattern books. The children are so successful and it is easily differentiated. This is a book that you will continually revisit throughout years. A must have for first grade teachers!

Excellent resource for First Grade teachers

This is a helpful guide for First Grade teachers who want to incorporate the writing process into their classroom. The information is clear and well-organized and follows the flow of the school year.

An essential companion for teachers of First Grade Writers

Stephanie Parsons' book speaks directly to teachers. It explains the thinking behind a writing workshop - what we need to understand in order to set our own goals for our students and to plan and organise successful units of study. I love the way she has provided a consistent framework for the development of each unit of study; this so helps my own planning and then develops each part of the framework giving examples of possible teaching points. I have recommended this book to every First Grade teacher I know.

Right on Target

I love this book! I have been teaching first grade for eight years, and this book really addresses first grade writers as they truely are. It has some wonderful, concrete ideas for improving their writing. I especially like the suggestions of Read Aloud titles to teach specific writing points.