Lessons for Guided Writing

Gretchen Bernabei and Judi Reimer present 95 craft lessons based on real student essays.

Match each reader in your class to the perfect poem with this big collection of poetry correlated with guided-reading levels E-N. The 40 poems in this book are engaging and reproducible, so they’re ju

In this comprehensive resource, two veteran primary teachers share a multi-faceted approach to teaching writing that seamlessly combines the use of powerful mentor texts, strategy lessons, and the tra

Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies to help students move quickly to independent reading.

A veteran teacher shares her carefully developed, classroom-tested lessons that build upon one another, building exactly the kinds of skills kids need to not only do well on state assessment, but com

The key to successful student writing is effective teaching and scaffolding before and during the writing process. In this powerful book, veteran teacher Mary Sullivan provides explicit lessons that d

This thoughtful guide offers lessons and strategies for all stages of writing nonfiction: collecting information from print and nonprint sources, evaluating and analyzing the data, and sharing it with

Straight from the classroom, these age-perfect lessons provide the tools and strategies young students need to become successful writers. From teaching basic routines and concepts of print, to introdu

Powerful writing lessons at teachers' fingertips! This time-saving resource offers transparencies with multiple model paragraphs that showcase a particular element of writing, including organization,

Research shows that learning is more motivating and fun on an interactive whiteboard. But teachers have very little time to create lessons for the SMART Board?. These ready-to-use lessons offer the pe

At last, a collection of smart, breakthrough lessons that help you teach your students all the essential editing skills they need to create successful, polished writing. Each grade level specific book

At last, a collection of smart, breakthrough lessons that help you teach your students all the essential editing skills they need to create successful, polished writing. Each grade level specific book

This book provides an organizational framework, detailed models, lessons and practical support for mapping and building grade-specific curriculum across the school year through four major types of un

For intermediate-grade teachers who want to weave the traits into their writing program but are unsure where to begin, help has arrived! This book contain just what they need to get started: trait-foc

For primary-grade teachers who want to weave the traits into their writing program but are unsure where to begin, help has arrived! This book contain just what they need to get started: trait-focused

Integrate word walls into your daily literacy activities! Sample lessons including photos of real classrooms, show you how to add to the walls each week, drawing words from poems, nursery rhymes, morn

These whiteboard-ready lessons provide a dynamic tool for helping students master key writing forms. Each lesson presents a must-know format, such as a personal narrative or a summary, and shows step

This unique resource gives middle and secondary school English teachers 180 high-interest activities that build students’ proficiency in the three major areas of the English curriculum—reading/literat

Simple yet powerful, this collection of mini-lessons is the perfect introduction to writing for our youngest learners. Writer and teacher Lola M. Schaefer shares her classroom-tested ideas for teachin

It's all about the Pictures! Creating vivid Pictures is a Key to good Writing. In this practicla resource, David Lee Finkle, a teacher, writer, and cartoonist, shows students how to create "word pictu

"Using these practical lessons, you can teach your own subject matter in more compelling and memorable ways-and at the same time, help your students become better thinkers and writers across the

"A guide for teaching all your students the skills they need to be successful writers The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and e

If Only Ray Bradbury Had Written His Own Version Of 'On Writing...'Sadly, that never happened.But what Bradbury has left us is a rich legacy of essays discussing his approach to writing, a detailed interview on his writing in The Paris Review, and multiple talks and interviews that are freely available on YouTube.From those resources, I've created a short book that you can read in less than 90 minutes that distils the three biggest lessons any writer can take from Bradbury's idiosyncratic approach to writing.Here's some of what you'll learn:Why All Writers Should Learn From Ray Bradbury (Section 1)What You Should Read For The Next 1000 (or 10,000) Nights (Section 16)The Four Components Of Bradbury's "Write In Flow" Process (Lesson 3)Ten Benefits Of Following Bradbury's "Story A Work" Program (Section 9)The (Hidden) Brilliance Of Bradbury's Reading Program (Sections 18 and 19)Filling The Tank (Filling The Well) (Section 22)Bradbury's Caveat To The "One Story A Week" Program - That Most