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Books that teach kids to write / Marianne C. Saccardi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, c2011.Description: xix, 178 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1598844512 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 1598844520 (ebook)
  • 9781598844511 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9781598844528 (ebook)
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Partial contents:
The word snoop -- A fabulous fair alphabet -- Wonderful worlds -- Busy chickens -- Hooray for fish -- Have you ever tickled a tiger -- Barnyard banter -- The real mother goose -- Noah Webster -- Fancy Nancy's favorite fancy words -- I don't want a cool cat! -- Please don't tease tootsie -- Ooh la la polka-dot boots -- The rain stomper -- Ballerina! -- A crossing of zebras -- Bounce -- Princess Pigtoria and the pea -- Roar! -- One duck stuck -- Dancing feet! -- Mom and dad and palindromes -- How do you wokka-wokka? -- Grandpappy snippy snappies -- There's a frog in my throat! -- The wonder book -- Mirror mirror -- You have to write -- Every Friday -- I am a backhoe -- Muddy as a duck puddle and other American similes -- With a little luck -- Yes day -- Shark vs. train -- How to clean your room in 10 easy steps -- The fabled fifth graders of Aesop elementary school -- Al Capone shines my shoes -- The gardener -- Rules of the road -- Cat diaries -- Shooting Kabul -- The accidental adventures of India McAllister -- Phineas L. MacGuire...gets slimed -- Imaginalis -- The end -- The last great getaway -- Dogs don't brush their teeth! -- Jump! -- There was an old monster! -- And here's to you! -- Love-a-duck -- Small beauties -- Farm -- Lincoln: a photobiography -- Nature's paintbox: a seasonal gallery of art and verse -- Project mulberry -- The other side -- The librarian of Basra -- Red sings from treetops -- Jane Kurtz and you -- Everything but the horse -- My Havana: memories of a Cuban boyhood -- The can man -- Spillin ink -- The Wednesday wars -- Because of Winn-Dixie -- On the wings of heroes -- As simple as it seems -- Duck! rabbit! -- Marcelo in the real world -- Mockingbird -- All the broken pieces -- Camille McPhee fell under the bus... -- Lost -- Louise the big cheese and the la-di-da shoes -- My dog is as smelly as dirty socks -- My best friend is as sharp as a pencil -- Bugs and bugsicles -- The great fire -- Seymour Simon's book of trains -- Written anything good lately? -- Dogs and cats -- Cicadas! strange and wonderful -- Children of the Great Depression -- Underwear: what we wear under there -- Horse song -- Lungs: your respiratory system -- Appalachia: the voices of sleeping birds -- Prehistoric actual size -- The schocking truth about energy -- Marching for freedom -- Tigress -- The great and only Barnum -- Charles A. Lindbergh -- The extraordinary Mark Twain -- Dave the potter: artist, poet, slave -- A seed is sleepy -- Factory girl -- Mali under the night sky.
Summary: "This book provides a wealth of read aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades 3-12 become successful writers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 028.5 S119 Available 33111006834176
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book provides a wealth of read-aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades K-12 become successful writers.

Teachers can always benefit from new techniques that allow them to teach writing in a more engaging and enjoyable manner, and a resource that identifies a plethora of excellent children's books that help students become successful writers would also be helpful. Books That Teach Kids to Write introduces busy educators to the finest in children's literature in all genres, appropriate for readers in grades K through 12; and provides effective ideas for using those books to stimulate and improve student writing.

This book discusses language use and other critical components of good writing, showcasing the children's books and specific activities that can help both primary and secondary school students. Included reproducibles for the writing exercises make lesson planning simple, while the sheer number of titles discussed and the extensive bibliographies provided minimize the time teachers must spend researching books to use with their students. An appendix includes more writing instruction resources, such as children's books, websites, and professional texts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The word snoop -- A fabulous fair alphabet -- Wonderful worlds -- Busy chickens -- Hooray for fish -- Have you ever tickled a tiger -- Barnyard banter -- The real mother goose -- Noah Webster -- Fancy Nancy's favorite fancy words -- I don't want a cool cat! -- Please don't tease tootsie -- Ooh la la polka-dot boots -- The rain stomper -- Ballerina! -- A crossing of zebras -- Bounce -- Princess Pigtoria and the pea -- Roar! -- One duck stuck -- Dancing feet! -- Mom and dad and palindromes -- How do you wokka-wokka? -- Grandpappy snippy snappies -- There's a frog in my throat! -- The wonder book -- Mirror mirror -- You have to write -- Every Friday -- I am a backhoe -- Muddy as a duck puddle and other American similes -- With a little luck -- Yes day -- Shark vs. train -- How to clean your room in 10 easy steps -- The fabled fifth graders of Aesop elementary school -- Al Capone shines my shoes -- The gardener -- Rules of the road -- Cat diaries -- Shooting Kabul -- The accidental adventures of India McAllister -- Phineas L. MacGuire...gets slimed -- Imaginalis -- The end -- The last great getaway -- Dogs don't brush their teeth! -- Jump! -- There was an old monster! -- And here's to you! -- Love-a-duck -- Small beauties -- Farm -- Lincoln: a photobiography -- Nature's paintbox: a seasonal gallery of art and verse -- Project mulberry -- The other side -- The librarian of Basra -- Red sings from treetops -- Jane Kurtz and you -- Everything but the horse -- My Havana: memories of a Cuban boyhood -- The can man -- Spillin ink -- The Wednesday wars -- Because of Winn-Dixie -- On the wings of heroes -- As simple as it seems -- Duck! rabbit! -- Marcelo in the real world -- Mockingbird -- All the broken pieces -- Camille McPhee fell under the bus... -- Lost -- Louise the big cheese and the la-di-da shoes -- My dog is as smelly as dirty socks -- My best friend is as sharp as a pencil -- Bugs and bugsicles -- The great fire -- Seymour Simon's book of trains -- Written anything good lately? -- Dogs and cats -- Cicadas! strange and wonderful -- Children of the Great Depression -- Underwear: what we wear under there -- Horse song -- Lungs: your respiratory system -- Appalachia: the voices of sleeping birds -- Prehistoric actual size -- The schocking truth about energy -- Marching for freedom -- Tigress -- The great and only Barnum -- Charles A. Lindbergh -- The extraordinary Mark Twain -- Dave the potter: artist, poet, slave -- A seed is sleepy -- Factory girl -- Mali under the night sky.

"This book provides a wealth of read aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades 3-12 become successful writers"-- Provided by publisher.

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