Four Square Writing Method : A Unique Approach to Teaching Basic Writing Skills for Grades 1-3

Teach writing skills using this innovative new approach that has been proven to work in classrooms just like yours. The Four Square method can be used with all forms of writing and will fit any reading or language arts program. This step-by-step approach is built around a simple graphic organizer that first shows students how to collect ideas and then helps them use those ideas to create clear and polished prose. Open-ended reproducibles make the technique accessible to writers of all ability ranges. Also great for content area writing.

Judith Gould is an experienced classroom teacher. She is a writing resource teacher for grades K-5 at Windy Hill Elementary School in Florida. As a teacher consultant to the National Writing Project, she has been a frequent workshop presenter on methods to improve writing scores.

Evan Gould has been teaching music and drama for over 10 years. He teaches at Paterson Elementary School in Florida where he has been named teacher of the year. He has had great success integrating the basic subject areas into his hands-on arts program. He is currently enrolled at the University of Florida in a program for Educational Leadership in Administration.