In this book, the author has compiled more than 200 annotations of new and classic books that will delight you and your students and inspire powerful writing. Each teacher-friendly annotation captures the essence of the book and describes precisely why it works well for the selected trait. In addition, she present 32 step-by-step, trait-focused lessons based on specific books. You'll wonder how…
Good teachers have long recognized the power of using picture books as models of good writing. The short, focused, and tightly woven text in these books mirrors the kind of writing they want their students to be doing. In this essential resources, the authors provide more than 150 annotations of new and classic books chosen to delight young students and inspire powerful writing.
PRoviding constructive feedback on writing is essential for helping students improve their skills. With this time-saving tool from writing expert Ruth Culham, you'll have more than 100 just-right comments at your fingertips. Correlated with student-friendly scoring guides-also included-and organized by trait, Ruth provides responses to writing at three different levels of achievement. The comme…
Teeming with animals to find, count and talk about, this bright picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun. The busy scenes bring to life different habitats from around the world.Children will delight in finding all kinds of familiar and exotic animals - from lambs on the farm to armadillos in the rainforest!
Why has the 6+1 TRAIT model had such a tremendous impact on writing instruction? Because it works. In this book, author turns her expert eye to our youngest students. Like her groundbreaking guide for grades 3 and up, her new book contains scoring guides
Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find clear evidence of these traits. This book-written by the leading auhority on the 6+1 trait model-contain all the tools you need to assess student writing for the traits and plan instruction. You'll find detailed definitions of each trait, scoring guides, sample student papers with running commentary, and focus lessons and activities. No other b…
The Vegetables and the Fruits are always competing with one another. However, when the vegetables see that the fruits seem to know all their plans, they realise that something is wrong .... Could there be .......... could there really be a spy among them
Mr. Green Man and Mr Red Man live in the traffic light and direct traffic. Everything is going well until Mr. Red Man becomes jealous of Mr. Green Man's job. What will happen if Mr. Red Man loses his temper?'
Go on a journey with little Hassan and his big sister, to discover what is under the soil.