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Doreen Cronin is a very busy writer these days. With a newborn and a toddler at home and two new books on the horizon, this much beloved children’s author graciously
lent us a few moments of her time to share with us a few thoughts about where she gets her inspiration, how she works her writer’s craft, and what it takes to live a writer’s life. Born and raised in New York, Cronin once planned to go to law school, but the immediate success of her first children’s book, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, propelled her in a different direction, luckily for all of us who love her books. Fans will delight to hear that Dooby Dooby Moo has been released recently, and Diary of a Fly is coming in August 2007.
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Conferences are a time to help students make connections not corrections. Good conference questions should help teach the writer and not the writing. In other words, there’s an art to asking the right kinds of questions. When looking over drafts, discussing ideas, asking about drawings, or guiding students to connect to the teaching for the day, we want to ensure they comprehend not only the content of stories they read, but the craft decisions the writers of those stories make.
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Schoolwide’s Writing Fundamentals Program includes multiple units of study for three levels: grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-5. Last month we included two sample lessons with our newsletter, one lesson for K-1 and one lesson for 2-3. This month, we offer you another sample lesson for grades 2-3 as well as two lessons for grades 4-5. If you would like to purchase books to go with these free sample lessons, please click on the Teacherwide.com bar at the top of this newsletter, or below click on "Buy the books for these lessons now!"
Next month look for a sample lesson from Testing Fundamentals, another great program Schoolwide is developing that offers test preparation using children's literature and gives teachers and students more than just test practice.
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