Customer Reviews

The Big Book of Ready-to-Go Writing Lessons (Grades 3-6)

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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.

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.

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

Excellent short and long lessons. The variety of writing assignments is surprising for a book of this size.

Bought this book to try to help my son get interested in writing, which is something he struggles with a bit. Offers a lot of creative ideas which tie writing into real life (like phone messages) as well as fantasy exercises (describe your a fantasy hideout). It has "exercises" to get them started and break the process down into steps....I'm not a teacher but a former journalist and I know half the battle is getting started.