Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Grades 1-4 [Paperback]

Judith S. Gould (Author), Evan Jay Gould (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2002

At last! A companion activity book to the immensely popular Four Square Writing Method.

Chock-full of projects and ideas that are tailor-made to work with the Four Square Writing Method, this volume includes age-appropriate activities designed to: take advantage of the language-learning connection and help students use what they know to learn new things; introduce ideas for a total writing classroom including management tools and techniques; provide mini lessons, warm-ups and other projects for writing experiences which also address some of the more troublesome student writing habits; improve compositions with examples and exercises drawn from actual student work and classroom experiences!

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About the Author

Judith S. Gould is an experienced classroom teacher. She is a writing resource teacher for grades K-5 at Windy Hill Elementary School in Florida. As a teacher consultant to the National Writing Project, she has been a frequent workshop presenter on methods to improve writing scores.

Evan Gould has been teaching music and drama for over 10 years. He teaches at Paterson Elementary School in Florida where he has been named teacher of the year. He has had great success integrating the basic subject areas into his hands-on art program. He is currently enrolled at the University of Florida in a program for Educational Leadership in Administration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573103330
• ISBN-13: 978-1573103336
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By Martha J. Biery

"Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Grades 1-4" is one of my favorite books about the writing process. I teach reading and writing and it has been a long recognized fact that writing often develops later than reading. Experts suggest that this is because writing is a multi-tasking skill. Motor memory for letters, spelling, syntax, sematics, etc., all play a part in the writing process. "Four Square" provides a structure for this process, giving the students the scaffolding they need in which they can put their ideas.
Using the techniques in this book allows the students to focus on the content and the subskills but not all at once. With this process, students learn to make their own structure, and this then allows them to explore language and hone their ideas into an understandable piece of writing. I highly recommend this book.