Marcia S. Freeman's Books

For Multiple Grades Models for Teaching Writing-craft Target Skills is your go-to guide for writing-craft instruction through exemplary and accessible literature models. Writing-craft Target Skills--those specific techniques that all good writers use to effectively craft clear and compelling fiction and non-fiction--are best taught through explicit modeling. Locating the appropriate mentor texts for every skill, however, can be a daunting and time-consuming task. This innovative resource puts more than 450 valuable literature models at your fingertips and matches them to thirty-three fundamental writing-craft Target Skills. To add variety and versatility to your K-8 writing classroom, Models for Teaching Writing-craft Target Skills includes a wide assortment of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry selections, ranging from picture books to intermediate texts. This revised and updated second edition also includes more than seventy Spanish literature models that are ideal for ESL/ELL writing-craft instruction. Save yourself time and energy by referencing four literature-model matrices, which alphabetically list fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and Spanish-text models. Each genre-specific matrix identifies multiple writing-craft skills so you can easily reference how to use many of the models to teach a variety of writing techniques. Models for Teaching Writing-craft Target Skills: Helps you fully utilize the strong connection between reading and writing; Increases the power of modeling in your writing-workshop lessons; Pre-selects and organizes a set of appropriate literature models to help you teach writing craft effectively; and Features Spanish literature models for teaching writing-craft skills to ESL/ELL students.

Simple text and photographs present the appearance, food, and behavior of the brown bear.

Simple text and photographs describe the trunks, leaves, and fruit of palm trees.

Simple text and photographs describe the trunks, branches, leaves, seeds, and life cycle of maple trees.

Text and photographs describe the appearance, behavior, and habitat of polar bears.

Simple text and photographs describe the trunks, branches, leaves, and seeds of oak trees.

Simple text and photographs describe the appearance, food, and homes of the giant panda.

Photographs and simple text describe and illustrate police cars and the equipment they carry.

Text and photographs describe the trunks, branches, needles, and seeds of pine trees.

Explains what black bears look like, what they eat, and where and how they live.

Since comparison papers require students to describe both similarities and differences, they are often used as assessment tools in just about every subject. For this reason alone, developing writers should be taught how to craft effective comparison papers. But teaching your students how to compose comparison papers also has a larger impact on their education--it prepares them to think more analytically, perform better in complex testing situations, and compare texts. In Crafting Comparison Papers, Marcia S. Freeman fully explains the four instructional steps that develop comparison skills: understanding the concept of attributes; organizing attributes for comparison; building clear, coherent comparative paragraphs; and assembling effective comparison papers. She includes lessons with specific Target Skills(TM) to support your students' progress, and she suggests timelines that will help you plan your curriculum. Throughout, Freeman's comprehensive approach and clear instructions make this book a unique and valuable resource for any teacher of developing writers.

Explores the number twelve; what is a dozen, what equals a dozen, 12 months in a year, and things that are sold by the dozen.

Discusses how counting is used in games, in taking turns, in putting things in order, and in telling when things happen.

How can you enhance the quality and effectiveness of instruction in both the content areas and in writing? By integrating content in both social studies and science with the strategies of writing that are so important for students to master as they craft nonfiction. This book shows teachers how to use mentor texts in an integrative approach for teaching both content and informational writing. As you explore the pages of this book, you'll find strategies for teaching writing craft fundamentals with step-by-step instructions that make writing instruction come alive in content-area classes. Models make the instructional strategies clear. The book also includes a variety of expository techniques and advice on preparing writers for success on performance-based tests.

Updated for 2020, this eBook focuses on the science of matter, describing those things that are either liquid, gas, or solid.

Investigates the science of the seasons, describing events in nature that have repeating patterns.

Simple text and photographs illustrate fire engines and the equipment they carry.

Describes ambulances, the equipment they carry, and the work they do.

Describes fire boats, the equipment they carry, and the work they do.

Provides guidance in teaching writing at the K-2 level, discussing daily writing workshops, the writing process, content, evaluation, and parent education. Includes lessons and activities.

Explains how to create the philosophical and physical environment needed to develop successful writing communities in which students learn, practice, and apply writing-craft skills.

A text to support the teaching of non-fiction writing to elementary age children.

Marcia attunes with the flow of God.

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