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Parker, Tiffany M.

 
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Sinopsis

Your students have great ideas.

You know this — you hear them during class discussions. Their thinking is rich, detailed, and thoughtful.

But then you ask them to write. And those rich, layered thoughts? Gone. Replaced by short, stiff sentences that barely scratch the surface of what they actually understand.

This isn’t a comprehension or motivation issue. Many students have the ideas—they just need help learning how to get those ideas onto the page.

When students are taught how to build sentences to carry meaning — how to connect ideas, show relationships, express cause and contrast — writing stops being a mystery and starts being the natural extension of what they already think and say.

Teaching Complex Sentence Writing Using Children’s Books: Inspired to Create pairs award-winning and well-respected children’s books with ready-to-use sentence-writing activities that help students build, combine, expand, and revise sentences.

All without scripted lessons or a separate writing program. Simply read the selected children’s book, choose an activity that fits your instructional goal, and guide students through focused sentence practice.

Every activity includes sample responses, making it easier to model, guide, and support students without creating examples from scratch.

Instead of using disconnected worksheets or random prompts, students practice sentence writing in the context of books worth reading. Activities repeat across multiple book titles so the structures become second nature, allowing students to focus on what they want to say instead of the mechanics.

Featuring activities based on the following 24 children’s books (each sold separately):
Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg
Edgar Degas: Paintings That Dance by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd
Emma’s Rug by Allen Say
An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers by Natasha Wing
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel
Georges Seurat by Mike Venezia
Jackson Pollock by Mike Venezia
José! Born to Dance: The Story of José Limón by Susanna Reich
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd
Mario’s Angels: A Story About the Artist Giotto by Mary Arrigan
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Mr. Matisse and His Cutouts by Annemarie van Haeringen
The Music in George’s Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock
Pippo the Fool by Tracey Fern
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
Sandy’s Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder by Tanya Lee Stone
Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be by Jane Sutcliffe
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards
Who Was Pablo Picasso? by True Kelley

The Teaching Complex Sentence Writing Using Children’s Books Grades 3 & 4 series is perfect for:

  • 3rd and 4th grade teachers
  • Homeschool parents
  • Reading and writing intervention teachers
  • Literacy coaches
Everything fits within the teaching you're already doing. No new program. No extra planning. Just practical routines that work inside your existing read-aloud time — and build strong writing skills along the way.

Great thinking deserves strong sentences.

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