"Guided Writing "is your handbook for the newest, most effective way to move students into independent writing. Lori Oczkus provides everything you need to support children in the fledgling phase betw
These easy, step-by-step lessons show teachers how to use the interactive whiteboard to engage students in learning excellent writing craft techniques with models of strong writing. Expert writing tea
Mini-lessons with ready-to-go models perfect for first grade! This time-saving resource offers transparencies with writing samples that showcase a particular element of writing, including focus, orga
An essential resource for teachers and librarians who work with students in the later high school years through college and graduate school levels, this book explains and simplifies the scholarly task
If you've ever struggled to craft a powerful message that really hits the spot, you'll know its harder than it looks. Wouldn't it be helpful to have an expert on hand to explain how the professionals
Drawing on more than fifteen years’ experience teaching English language learners, Marilyn Pryle has designed and classroom-tested these ten writing assignments that support the particular needs of EL
In the early grades, talking and drawing can provide children with a natural pathway to writing, yet these components are often overlooked. In Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writ
An illustrated, guided journal from #1 New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas that takes aspiring writers from idea to draft, featuring writing prompts, tips, and more.Write fearlessly. Write
Middle and high school teachers are provided with ideas for making good inquiry-based reading and writing lessons better with the addition of Web 2.0 tools, including Wikipedia. After a discussion of
The time has come. You are an Earth scientist. You’ve spent weeks, months, years working on this project -- now is the time to pull it together for publication. You might be writing an undergraduate o
These easy, step-by-step lessons use the tools of the whiteboard to help students identify the elements of excellent writing and then apply them in their own work. Writing skills covered include all t
Writing is all about making meaning. The prospect of teaching writing to a classroom full of studentssome who speak English and some who don't, can be overwhelming. When students learning English are
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
Wouldn't it be great if you could give students a simple prescription to cure their writing troubles? This book might be the next best thing. 25 quick lessons on choosing and focusing topics, writing
One in a million. Yes, that’s how rare it is to have so many write-about-reading strategies so beautifully put to use. Each year Leslie Blauman guides her students to become highly skilled at su
One in a million. Yes, that’s how rare it is to have so many write-about-reading strategies so beautifully put to use. Each year Leslie Blauman guides her students to become highly skilled at supporti
Create your own beautiful and unique book of faith! This workbook provides space and starters for honoring what His love means to you. Bible journaling allows you to express your faith, and this workb
When faced with a blank page in their readers’ notebooks, students often fall back on what is familiar: summarizing. Despite our best efforts to model through comprehension strategies what good reader
Richards (childhood education and literacy studies, U. of South Florida) and Lassonde (elementary education and reading, State U. of New York College at Oneonta) collect 22 mini-lessons from teachers,
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
A comprehensive and practical guide to watercolor painting from sought-after instructor and acclaimed artist Leslie Frontz that answers the two most common questions students at all levels want to kno
When you've decided you can't take it any more, it helps a great deal to know what it actually is. The process of writing about overwhelming emotions is a remarkably effective means of creating clarit
More than 25 effective and engaging mini-lessons to help students strengthen their writing by learning about the traits: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and pr
Everything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren’t afraid—maybe you just didn’t know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You’v
“Leave it to Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger to come up with a resource that allows kids to be the diverse group of individuals they can and want to be—and at the same time paves a route for them t
