About this product: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing Boost creative and expository skills with this teacher-written resource! Lessons are designed to make students want to write well: organize their ideas, write focused paragraphs, make transitions, use strong adjectives and verbs, write dialogue, revise, and more! Includes reproducibles.
About this product: Good teachers have long recognized the power of using picture books as models of good writing. The short, focused, and tightly woven text mirrors the kind of writing they want their students to be doing. In this essential resource, the authors have organized by trait more than 150 annotations of new and classic books that will delight young studentsNand inspire powerful writing. Peppered throughout are 18 step-by-step, trait-focused lessons based on specific books. For use with Grades K-2.
Give students the skill-building practice they need in reading, writing, math, and more with these engaging , full-color workbooks. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own.
Give students the skill-building practice they need in reading, writing, math, and more with these engaging , full-color workbooks. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own.
About this product: The most daunting tasks of writing-revision and editing-just became easier and more manageable with the publication of this book. Ruth Culham targets specific skills with short, powerful activities that help students gain independence and confidence as they revise their work for ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency, and edit it for conventions. The book contains 180 reproducible/downloadable activities-one for each day of the school year-on paper and CD. Plus think-abouts, scoring guides, checklists, and more. For use with Grades 3 & Up.
About this product: Through anecdote, classroom vignette, and his own experience as a writer and teacher, Barry encourages teachers of any grade level to start a writing program tomorrow and not wait until they have attained perfect understanding. Barry's motto: Let's learn along the way! For use with Grades K-12.
About this product: At the beginning of every school year, we bet you ask yourself, OWhat do I want my students to knowand do as readers and writers by the end of this year?O This bookNjust for KindergartenNmakes that question easy to answer by taking all the guesswork out of teaching reading and writing. Provides a detailed curricular calendar that's tied to a developmental continuum and the standards so you'll know not only what you should be teaching, but what your students are ready to embrace and what you can reasonably expect of them as successful readers and writers. Additionally, you'll find monthly units of study that integrate reading and writing so both work together to provide maximum support for your students. The units are organized around four essential components, process, genre, strategy, and conventions, so you're reassured you're addressing everything your students need to know about reading and writing. What's more you'll find ready-to-use lessons that offer exemplary teaching and continuous assessment, and a flexible framework that shows you how to frame a year of teaching, a unit, and a lessonNand you can easily adapt all to fit the unique needs and interests of your own students. For use with Grade K.
About this product: Help students write effectively and raise their test scores with fun writing prompts and expert lessons on writing five-paragraph essays, organizing a story, writing expository pieces, mastering persuasive writing, and more.
About this product: Contains exercises based on national standards to ensure that students master skills before progressing. Entertaining and interactive activities with eye-catching graphics make learning and reviewing fun and effective. A great tool for keeping children current during the school year or preparing them during the summer for the grade ahead. Supports NCTE standards.
About this product: The SolidTek DM-L2 DigiMemo L2 8-1/2-by-11-Inch Digital Notepad is a stand-alone device that can digitally capture what you write and draw on regular paper--with no special paper or computer. The Digital Notepad remembers the strokes that you draw and when you are done, you simply plug the Notepad into your computer via USB and upload your notes. Then you will have both a digital and a paper copy. The included DigiMemo Manager software lets you easily view, edit, and organize your digital pages in Windows. The digital pages can be saved as BMP, JPG, GIF, or PNG formats. You can then easily share your digital pages with others, or highlight, annotate, and edit them.
When the pad is connected to a PC, it can function as a graphics tablet, with the writing on the paper and the writing on the screen synchronized. The DigiMemo L2 has a writing area of 8 by 11 inches and has 32 MB of built-in storage, with a CompactFlash memory card slot for expansion. The pad is light and thin, and isn't uncomfortable to hold or use. The battery of the pen can last about 14 months and the pad will last about 100 hours on four AAA alkaline batteries. The unit automatically shuts down after 30 idle minutes.