From the experts in trait-based writing instruction comes this collection of time-saving reproducible forms for planning instruction, keeping records, communicating with parents, and-most importantly- helping your students produce their best work.
Teaching the most daunting tasks of writing-revision and editing-just became easier and more manageable with the publication of this book. Ruth Culham targets essential skills with "warm-ups" : short, powerful activities that provide students with real writing practice in revising for ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency, and in editing for conventions. From there, stud…
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…
The Toa Metru must venture underground into Metru Nui's Archieves where they will confront a new danger.
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!
Simple rhymes offer hints on how to multiply any number by zero through ten without memorizing the multiplication tables, encouraging kids to solve problems creatively to build both their skills and their confidence
Your challenge is to find the sumWithout counting one by oneWhy not count? It's much too slow --Adding is the way to go!Make clever groups before you start --Then add them in a way that's smart!MATH FOR ALL SEASONS will challenge every kid -- and every parent -- to open their minds and solve problems in new and unexpected ways. By looking for patterns, symmetries, and familiar number combinatio…
A series of rhymes about animals introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as examples of such behaviors as cooperation, friendship, and appreciation.