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Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing, Grade 4

Lucy Calkins , M. Colleen Cruz , Colleagues from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project , Kelly Boland Hohne , Cory Gillette , Anna Gratz Cockerille , Kathleen Tolan , Alexandra Marron

Pub Date: 5/7/2013 1
 Product Type: PREPACK
Grade: 4th - 4th

"For decades now, the Reading and Writing Project has been piloting, refining, adapting, and developing a K-8 system of writing instruction.  Many of The Reading and Writing Project’s ideas on teaching writing have been, from the start, a part of the Common Core, but the Common Core also issued new challenges—ones that The Reading... more

Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing, Grade 3

Lucy Calkins , Marjorie Martinelli , Colleagues from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project , M. Colleen Cruz , Kelly Boland Hohne , Shana Frazin , Maggie Beattie Roberts

Pub Date: 5/7/2013 1
 Product Type: PREPACK
Grade: 3rd - 3rd

"For decades now, the Reading and Writing Project has been piloting, refining, adapting, and developing a K-8 system of writing instruction.  Many of The Reading and Writing Project’s ideas on teaching writing have been, from the start, a part of the Common Core, but the Common Core also issued new challenges—ones that The Reading... more

Writers Workshop Professional Book Library Bundle

Ralph Fletcher , Janet Angelillo , M. Colleen Cruz , Mary Ehrenworth , Daniel Feigelson , Carl Anderson , Joann Portalupi , Megan Sloan , Vicki Vinton

Pub Date: 4/8/2009 1
 Product Type: bundle
Grade: K - 8th

Writing Workshop Professional Book Library Bundle Are you preparing for whole-school writing reform? Or already implemented writing workshop? Either way, Heinemann’s professional books share the principles, research, and classroom experiences that our expert authors have discovered lead to the highly effective workshops.  Take... more

A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers, K-5

Lucy Calkins , M. Colleen Cruz

Pub Date: 9/24/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 5th

In A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers Colleen Cruz shows how to stop struggling with writers who struggle. You’ll find effective support for students who say: I’m not a good writer; My hand hurts; I don’t know how to spell; I don’t have anything to write about; I never get to write anything I want to write; I’m done. A... more

Independent Writing

M. Colleen Cruz

Pub Date: 2/18/2004
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: 3rd - 6th

What is so special about Colleen Cruz's ambitious book is that she shows us that we can truly teach independence in writing. Our students can become writers who take initiative, make plans, learn from other writers, and apply writing strategies on their own, not only in class, but outside of school. I know of no other book quite... more