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THINKING AND WRITING PROCESS
Grades
3-4 Research
Papers and Essays
EMPOWER YOUR
STUDENTS TO THINK WITH SELF-RELIANCE.
RESEARCH PAPERS
and ESSAYS - Simplified
and Practical: If your students are not familiar
with this process, you will begin with the non-optional
steps in the Level 2 Teacher’s
Guide: Teaching Research Papers and Expository Essays. You’ll be thrilled with how quickly your
third and fourth graders will succeed! After two or three experiences
you can have ready 3rd Graders and several 4th Graders independently
follow the Level 2 Writer’s
Guide: Think, Organize, Write! What’s
more, if your staff teaches Level 1 to Grades K-2, your Grades 3 and
4 students come to you ready for Level 2. At the close of the year, after
you’ve taught them Level 2, rest assured that Level
3 will flow
for them in Grades 5-6 and will serve them throughout their higher
grades.
What do students do? First students take notes on cards, think about
them, sort them, and organize them on a topic outline. Then they write
topic paragraphs, following their outlined order. Finally, they edit,
proofread, and publish their expository papers.
After three or four experiences through this process, many students
can be eased into the Level 2 Writer’s
Guide. They quickly
become self-reliant, freeing you to mingle among them, observe them,
help
them individually,
and help dependent students who need closer direction.
How can some strategies help you lead meaningful group discussions
of students’ thinking? Some of the strategies throughout this process
cause students to think about their notes. You can use these same strategies
to ask your class open, focused questions. They inspire thought-filled
discussions that strengthen understandings of your assignments in literature,
health, science, and social studies. Rely on the Teacher’s
Guide to help you plan and ask these questions.
Check my website for freebies, sneak peeks, details, products,
and order information. Share this with teachers. Order your own
Level
2 Teacher’s
and Writer’s Guides. Empower your students with self-reliance
in taking notes, thinking with them, organizing them, and using
them to
write expository reports and essays. Your impact will serve young
learners for many, many years
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Thea
Holtan
