Using Benchmark Papers to Teach Writing with the Traits

Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780545138413
Category : Composition (Language arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Trait expert Ruth Culham has created a diverse set of papers grades 3-5, assessed and annotated them, and designed an interactive whiteboard CD of exemplars so teachers and students can use them as the focus of trait-based writing instruction. The papers are highlighted by key quality for each trait, making it easy for writers to see what works and what doesn't by simply pressing the color-coded buttons at the bottom of each projected paper on the white board. Can be used with overhead projectors as well.

6 + 1 Traits of Writing

Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439280389
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Everything you need to teach and assess student writing with this powerful model.

Traits of Writing

Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780545013635
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Effective, easy-to-use tools for trait-based assessment and instruction--just for middle school teachers. Includes printable reproducible forms!

40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom

Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780439556842
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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

Getting Started with the Traits

Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780545111904
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
All the tips and tools teachers need to create a writing traits classroom, from the ground up.

The Common Core Companion: Booster Lessons, Grades 3-5

Author: Leslie Blauman
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1506324983
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
Skill-building through potent instruction, day by day In these much-anticipated sequels to The Common Core Companion, Janiel Wagstaff and Leslie Blauman provide a collection of connected lessons and formative writing assessments that bring Monday-to-Friday clarity to the task of integrating reading and writing with ELA standards. In each volume, the 50+ lessons are divided into fi ve, week-long learning sequences addressing key literacygoals. A best-practice glossary, If/Then charts, unit-planning calendars, and other tools round out these essential references, both in book and online. Follow each sequence and week by week, you’ll build the instructional potency to help students achieve a year’s worth of growth as you integrate: Writing Narratives with Identifying Sensory Words in Text Research with Identifying Topic and Details Opinion Writing with Close Reading for Text Evidence Comparing and Contrasting with Publishing Using Digital Tools Informative Writing with Use of Text Features

Multidisciplinary Units for Grades 3-5

Author: International Society for Technology in Education
Publisher: ISTE (Interntl Soc Tech Educ
ISBN: 9781564841766
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Helps you integrate technology into elementary language arts, social studies, math, and science curricula with dozens of lesson plans.

Developing Critical Thinking

Author: Fernando Naiditch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1475818947
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Critical thinking requires a deep understanding of the topic at hand and the ability to look at content from diverse, and often unfamiliar, perspectives. Critical thinkers engage with material in innovative and creative ways to analyze, synthesize and assess it in order to reach their own informed conclusions. Critical Thinking: From Theory to Classroom Practice invites readers to revisit their pedagogy to promote this type of inquiry. Scholars and practitioners from several content areas introduce several examples of instructional strategies, classroom practices, and projects at multiple grade levels. Their experiences come together to highlight practical ways to foster students’ critical thinking skills and encourage them to engage in learning in new ways.

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades 3–5

Author: Katia S. Petersen
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN: 1575426668
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child with this flexible, user-friendly activity guide. The lessons' literature-based connections allow teachers to "build in" rather than "add on" social-emotional learning (SEL) throughout the day. Field-tested in classrooms across the United States, these activities when fully implemented have resulted in improved school climate, greater parent engagement, increased academic achievement, and reduction in discipline referrals. Features of the book include: 100+ easy-to-implement year-round activities that integrate info the daily curriculum in all subject areas Monthly themes focused on empathy, bullying prevention, teamwork, decision-making, and more Concise lesson formats (Read, Discuss, Do, Relate) Discussion and writing prompts Built-in assessments Digital content includes all of the book's reproducible forms.

Convergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5

Author: Emily Hollett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000614778
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
Convergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5 will teach students how to approach problems with a critical and evidence-based mindset. Convergent thinking is a skill which helps students arrive at defensible solutions. Working through the lessons and handouts in this book, students will learn strategies and specific academic vocabulary in the sub-skills of observation, using evidence, considering perspectives, reflection, and deduction to find accurate solutions. This curriculum provides cohesive, scaffolded lessons to teach each targeted area of competency, followed by authentic application activities for students to then apply their newly developed skill set. This book can be used as a stand-alone gifted curriculum or as part of an integrated curriculum. Each lesson ties in both reading and metacognitive skills, making it easy for teachers to incorporate into a variety of contexts.