Leads students step-by-step through the writing process to help them become better writers. The qualities of writing, prewriting and drafting, writing sentences and paragraphs are taught followed by the forms of writing. Eight forms of writing are covered: Personal (journals, emails, friendly letters, and more), Narrative writing, Explanatory, Persuasive, Book Reviews, Research, as well as Poems and Plays. Students also learn several tools of learning including how to find information, how to read for understanding, spelling and vocabulary skills, speaking and listening skills, thinking skills, and test taking skills. A Proofreaders Guide is included and covers punctuation, grammar, mechanics, and commonly confused words. Concludes with a Student Almanac filled with helpful resources for language arts, science, math and social studies. Also includes an introduction to the computer keyboard.
Write on Track Student Handbook
Description
Write on Track is a writing handbook for students in grade 3. You'll find guidelines, models, checklists, tips, and much more. Write on Track also helps students become better readers, test takers, and learners. The handbook has five main parts.
- The Process of Writing helps your students learn all about writing, from using the writing process to understanding the qualities of good writing.
- The Forms of Writing section provides guidelines and models for every form of writing. Would you like your students to write in journals or create time-travel fantasies? Would you like them to write essays or news stories? Check out this section.
- The Tools of Learning section helps your students improve skills in reading, speaking, test taking, and using technology.
- The Proofreader’s Guide includes rules and examples to help students with punctuation, spelling, mechanics, usage, and grammar.
- The Student Almanac supports writing across the curriculum with fascinating science facts, helpful math tips, colorful maps, and much more!
A free online Write on Track Teacher's Guide walks you through the student handbook, giving advice for using each page in your classroom. You'll also find free document downloads, related minilessons, additional student models, additional writing topics, videos, and more. And the Teacher's Guide correlates every page to the Common Core State Standards, connecting you to even more resources.
Write on Track leads students step-by-step through the writing process to help them become better writers. Along with the writing process, children learn about journaling, narrative writing, explanatory writing, persuasive writing, book reports, research writing, and writing poems and plays. The Write on Track Student Handbook has all the student information, including explanations, guidelines, models, checklists, tips, proofreaders’ guide, and a helpful almanac. A free Digital Teacher Guide is available from the publisher. This valuable resource includes a scope and sequence, activity worksheets and handouts, guides for assessing student writing, and a weekly schedule that aligns lessons to the Write on Track SkillsBook. The consumable SkillsBook includes additional instruction and practice in key grammar skills like punctuation, capitalization, mechanics, usage, spelling, and grammar through proofreading activities. Sold separately, the Write on Track SkillsBook Teacher Guide includes reduced student pages with answers. The Write on Track Package includes the Student Handbook, SkillsBook, and the SkillsBook Teacher Guide.
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 3 |
| Brand: | Thoughtful Learning |
| ISBN: | 9781941660157 |
| Length in Inches: | 9.125 |
| Width in Inches: | 6.625 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.25 |