{"product_id":"second-grade-writers-units-of-study-to-help-children-focus-on-audience-and-purpose-9780325010311","title":"Second Grade Writers: Units of Study to Help Children Focus on Audience and Purpose","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephanie Parsons\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Language Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildren enter second grade with strategies for turning their ideas into a plan for writing. Now its time to show them how to think more deeply about who will read their writing and what it will accomplish. \u003ci\u003eSecond Grade Writers\u003c\/i\u003e gives you proven, effective ways to help young children take steps toward intermediate writing by teaching them about the important roles of audience and purpose. In \u003ci\u003eSecond Grade Writers\u003c\/i\u003e Stephanie Parsons (author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Grade Writers \u003c\/i\u003eand a coauthor of Lucy Calkins \u003ci\u003eUnits of Study for Primary Writing\u003c\/i\u003e) offers five specific units of study that help children develop a keener sense of what they can and want to accomplish in their writing. Beginning with a September unit designed to build a classroom community that supports risk taking and encourages students to immerse themselves in writing, each successive unit engages children in a different genre and fosters increasing independence. Each type of writing has a very different purpose and audience and opens up new possibilities as students experiment with: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003emaking change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereviewing a book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexploring humor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esharing their own research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Parsons units of study are laid out logically with a thorough description of the unit, teaching points for the minilessonsincluding examples of classroom languageassessment diagnostics, elaborations and variations, troubleshooting tips, and month-by-month planning ideas. Whether you areaugmenting your existing workshop or establishing a new one, help your students move toward independence by considering their audience and writing with clarity and purpose. Read \u003ci\u003eSecond Grade Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, implement its units of study, and help children become more engaged, more independent writers today.","brand":"Heinemann Educational Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585459142807,"sku":"9780325010311","price":4076.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780325010311.webp?v=1774960400","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/second-grade-writers-units-of-study-to-help-children-focus-on-audience-and-purpose-9780325010311","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}