Nonfiction chapter books
By: Lucy Calkins, Kristine Mraz, and Barbara Golub ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Mraz, Kristine, author; Golub, Barbara, author
Publisher: Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann; Heinemann
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780325047256
Subjects: English language; Composition and exercises; Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Table of contents: title: Writers get ready to write by teaching all about topics; title: Writers plan, tell information across their fingers, sketch, then write; title: Writers keep readers in mind, writing to answer their questions; title: Nonfiction writers teach with pictures as well as words; title: Being brave enough to spell domain-specific words (spelling fancy words); title: Nonfiction writers use readers to help them add and subtract; title: Taking stock: self-assessing and setting goals; title: Editing: spelling, capitals, and punctuation; title: Writing tables of contents; title: Planning and writing chapters while resolving to get better; title: Writers write with details and help readers picture the details; title: By using comparisons; title: Different kinds of writing in teaching books: chapters can contain how-to writing, persuasive writing, and stories; title: Introductions and conclusions (CCSS); title: Fix up writing by pretending to be a reader; title: Writers use all they know to plan for new chapter books; title: Writers do research, like finding images or photos, to help them say more; title: Editing "on the go": varying end punctuation to bring out a teaching book's meaning; title: Using craft moves learned in small moments: pop-out words and speech bubbles; title: Editing step by step; title: A final celebration: a letter to teachers.