Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom Content Areas

Prompts that provide all the elements students need to start writing: a role, audience, format, topic and strong verb (R.A.F.T.S).

Writing To Prompts In The Trait-based Classroom: Literature Response

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Checklists, graphic organizers, rubrics and scoring sheets and more to boost students’ writing skills in all seven traits.

40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom (Scholastic Teaching Strategies, Grades 3 and Up)

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Writing To Prompts In The Trait-based Clasroom: Content Areas (Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom)

Using high-quality picture books as models for writing is not a new concept. But using them to help students apply the traits of writing-ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation-is. This essential resource contains over 200 teacher-friendly annotations on new and classic books, organized by trait. It also contains plenty of step-by-step, trait-focused lessons based on specific books, which can be followed directly or easily adapted. For use with Grades 3 and Up.

Using Picture Books To Teach Writing With The Traits (Scholastic Teaching Strategies, Grades 3 and Up)

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Why has the 6+1 TRAIT model had such a tremendous impact on writing instruction? Because it works. It allows teachers to pinpoint students’ strengths and weaknesses in ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation, and focus instruction. Now Culham turns her expert eye to our youngest students. Like her groundbreaking guide for grades 3 and up, her new book contains scoring guides, sample papers, and focus lessons for each trait, but framed to address K2 teachers’ needs! For use with Grades K-2.

6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades: The Complete Guide For The Primary Grades

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Teaching writing just got easier and more effective thanks to these ingenious "crates". Writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help teach the traits of writing. Kit includes six picture books, a professional book, six teaching guides, posters, stickers and a sturdy box with six hanging folders to keep it all organized.

Scholastic 0545837731 Trait Crate, Grade 5, Seven Books, Posters, Folders, Transparencies, Stickers

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In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing-ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The fourth-grade version includes • 6 picture books: A Bad Case of Stripes; The Mud Pony; Wolf!; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart; Come On, Rain!; When Comma Came to Town

Scholastic Classroom Resources The Trait Crate, Grade 4 (SC968734)

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In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing-ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The third-grade version includes 6 picture books: The Hickory Chair; The Paperboy; How Are You Peeling?; Into the A, B, Sea; Momma, Where Are You From?; The Mega-Deluxe Capitalization Machine

Scholastic Classroom Resources The Trait Crate, Grade 3 (SC968736)

Bring Ruth Culham’s 6+1 Traits of Writing model to life! This video series provides teachers with essential information they need to assess and teach student writing. Composed of four videotapes, this set takes you inside third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade classrooms as teachers use scoring guides to evaluate children’s writing, model each of the 6+1 traits in classroom lessons, and refelect on their students’ learning strategies. Each videotape is approximately 30 minutes in length. Includes a professional development study guide.Video 1: Overview of a Traits-Based Classroom and Getting StartedVideo 2: Ideas and OrganizationVideo 3: Voice and Word ChoiceVideo 4: Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation For use with Grades 38.

6 + 1 Traits of Writing: A Professional Development Video Series

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A unique trait-based resource from expert Ruth Culham, this big, informative flip chart is a student-friendly guide to the traitsideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. For each trait, you’ll find a definition, writing tips, a scoring rubric, and two model essays (low- and high-scoring samples). The large print and oversize pages make it perfect for mini-lessons, small-group work, conferences, and more. The ideal companion to any trait-based writing classroom. For use with Grades 3-5.

The The Traits of Writing: A Big Classroom Reference Guide (Flip Chart): A Big Classroom Reference Guide

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