Help students gain writing confidence with this comprehensive collection of easy, super-engaging lessons that invite them to describe a dream, write a mystery story, create a movie review, compose a business letter, and so many more! Everything you need is here: Complete how-to's, quick mini-lessons, pre-writing graphic organizers, and reproducible assessment forms. A great way to prepare kids to shine on the standardized tests! For use with Grades 3-6.
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Educational consultants and former teachers, Marcia Miller and Martin Lee have written several books for Scholastic Teaching Resources including the best-selling Great Graphin and The Mega-Fun Multiplication Activity Book. They make their home in New York City.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as much a writing lesson as a writing opportunity,
By Steven H. Shapero (Columbia, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Big Book of Ready-to-Go Writing Lessons (Grades 3-6) (Paperback)
As a 4th grade teacher, I've been looking for a book with exercises that will help my students with their writing - something with short, easy to digest information, and something that will allow them to write just a paragraph (as opposed to 1-2 pages). I think the strength of this book is it provides writing opportunities and gives many ideas for writing prompts; however, I don't think it really gives lesson ideas that will help students correct bad writing habits. There's plenty of guidance for the teacher in the way of telling their students what to think about before they begin to write, and there are many clever and diverse writing prompts, but this book does not get into how to correct or avoid writing problems. The reproducible pages are graphic organizers, some of which leave much to be desired (such as those that are circular and curved that do not leave enough writing room). If you are looking for an IDEA book - this will do a great job, but if you're looking for writing lessons - try Scholastic's: Brighten Up Boring Beginnings.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The BIG Book of Ready-to-Go Writing Lessons,
This review is from: The Big Book of Ready-to-Go Writing Lessons (Grades 3-6) (Paperback)
What a find! Definitely a valuable resource for any teacher teaching grades 3-6. "If they can read, they can write". This magical addition to my bookshelf covers every imaginable type of writing that a student could run across (from blurbs to phone messages). It then provides very friendly graphic organizers to help put this writing into play. Lots of extensions to carry young writers BEYOND in their writing development.
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This review is from: The Big Book of Ready-to-Go Writing Lessons (Grades 3-6) (Paperback)
This book is a great book for teachers who are looking for extra extension activities for children who are learning at different levels. There are many activities for each area of writing. Gotta have it in your library
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The goal of descriptive writing is to describe in written terms a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word choice thoughtful, pourquoi story, pourquoi stories, practical writing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The goal of descriptive writing is to describe in written terms a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word choice thoughtful, pourquoi story, pourquoi stories, practical writing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Just So Stories by Illus. Salter Rudyard Kipling on page 36
- Meet the Authors (Grades 5-8) by Deborah Kovaks on page 104
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George on page 18
- Peer Gynt (Get to Know Classical Masterpi) by Brigitte Smith on page 28
- Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh on page 26
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