Getting to the Core of Writing
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Third Grade Student

  1. 299 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Third Grade Student

About this book

Inspire students to develop as writers in the third grade classroom with these engaging and creative writing lessons. This classroom-tested resource shows positive results in students'' writing and simplifies the planning of writing instruction. It contains detailed information on how to establish and manage daily Writer''s Workshop and includes consistent, structured instruction to encourage students to actively participate in the writing process. Specific lessons to help students develop the traits of quality writing are also included. This resource develops college and career readiness skills and is aligned to today''s standards.

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Information

Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781425895044
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Credits
  3. Page 3 - Table of Contents
  4. Page 4 - Table of Contents, cont.
  5. Page 5 - Introduction
  6. Page 5 - The Importance of Writing
  7. Page 6 - Traits of Quality Writing
  8. Page 7 - The Reading and Writing Connection
  9. Page 10 - The Purpose of Assessment
  10. Page 11 - How to Use This Book
  11. Page 11 - Planning Writing Instruction
  12. Page 14 - Components of Writer’s Workshop
  13. Page 15 - Implementing the Lessons
  14. Page 18 - Implementing Writer’s Workshop
  15. Page 19 - The Writing Conference
  16. Page 21 - The Writer’s Notebook
  17. Page 23 - Top 10 Tips for Creating Successful Writers
  18. Page 24 - Correlation to Standards
  19. Page 31 - Acknowledgments
  20. Page 32 - About the Authors
  21. Page 33 - Managing Writer’s Workshop
  22. Page 35 - Lesson 1: Components of Writer’s Workshop
  23. Page 38 - Lesson 2: Our Group Meeting
  24. Page 41 - Lesson 3: The Writing Folder
  25. Page 50 - Lesson 4: The Writer’s Notebook
  26. Page 52 - Lesson 5: Organizing the Writer’s Notebook
  27. Page 58 - Lesson 6: Sharing
  28. Page 62 - Lesson 7: Turn and Talk
  29. Page 65 - Lesson 8: Guidelines for Writer’s Workshop
  30. Page 68 - Lesson 9: Teacher and Peer Conferences
  31. Page 71 - Lesson 10: The Five-Step Writing Process
  32. Page 75 - Ideas
  33. Page 77 - Lesson 1: My Expert List
  34. Page 80 - Lesson 2: I Can Write Like That!
  35. Page 83 - Lesson 3: Collecting Ideas
  36. Page 86 - Lesson 4: People We Love
  37. Page 89 - Lesson 5: Fabulous Faunae
  38. Page 92 - Lesson 6: Story Seeds
  39. Page 96 - Lesson 7: Famous People I Admire
  40. Page 99 - Lesson 8: What Should I Write?
  41. Page 103 - Sentence Fluency
  42. Page 105 - Lesson 1: Popcorn Sentences
  43. Page 108 - Lesson 2: A Simple Sentence
  44. Page 111 - Lesson 3: The Compound Subject
  45. Page 114 - Lesson 4: Types of Sentences
  46. Page 117 - Lesson 5: The Compound Verb
  47. Page 120 - Lesson 6: The Compound Sentence
  48. Page 123 - Lesson 7: Rubber Band Sentences
  49. Page 127- Lesson 8: A Complex Sentence
  50. Page 131 - Organization
  51. Page 133 - Lesson 1: Name Poetry
  52. Page 136 - Lesson 2: 123 Paragraphs: Opinion
  53. Page 139 - Lesson 3: 123 Paragraphs: Story
  54. Page 142 - Lesson 4: 123 Paragraphs: Informing
  55. Page 145 - Lesson 5: Building a Story Mountain
  56. Page 152 - Lesson 6: Telling a Story
  57. Page 155 - Lesson 7: More Than ā€œOnce Upon a Timeā€
  58. Page 159 - Lesson 8: Circular Endings
  59. Page 162 - Lesson 9: Writing a Letter
  60. Page 166 - Lesson 10: It’s My Opinion!
  61. Page 170 - Lesson 11: Just Stating the Facts
  62. Page 174 - Lesson 12: Poetry Fun
  63. Page 177 - Word Choice
  64. Page 179 - Lesson 1: Be Specific!
  65. Page 182 - Lesson 2: Vivid Verbs
  66. Page 185 - Lesson 3: Amazing Adjectives
  67. Page 188 - Lesson 4: Banished, Boring Words
  68. Page 193 - Lesson 5: Transition Words
  69. Page 198 - Lesson 6: Super Similes
  70. Page 201 - Lesson 7: Awesome Adverbs
  71. Page 206 - Lesson 8: Interesting Idioms
  72. Page 209 - Voice
  73. Page 211 - Lesson 1: How Do You Feel?
  74. Page 216 - Lesson 2: Looking and Listening for Voice
  75. Page 219 - Lesson 3: Informing Interjections
  76. Page 222 - Lesson 4: Know Your Audience
  77. Page 225 - Conventions
  78. Page 227 - Lesson 1: The Capital Rap
  79. Page 230 - Lesson 2: Punctuation Takes a Holiday
  80. Page 233 - Lesson 3: See It! Say It! Spell It! Write It! Check It!
  81. Page 236 - Lesson 4: Editing with CUPS
  82. Page 240 - Lesson 5: Quotation Marks:ā€œWho Said That?ā€
  83. Page 243 - Lesson 6: Caution Comma Chant
  84. Page 246 - Lesson 7: Using Editing Marks
  85. Page 250 - Lesson 8: Writing Traits Checklist
  86. Page 253 - Appendices
  87. Page 253 - Appendix A: Conferring Resources
  88. Page 261 - Appendix B: Assessment Resources
  89. Page 273 - Appendix C: Mentor Text List
  90. Page 280 - Appendix D: Additional Resources
  91. Page 285 - Appendix E: References
  92. Page 288 - Appendix F: Contents of the Teacher Resource CD
  93. Thank You Page