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Write Away Student Handbook
| Item #: | 029314 |
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| ISBN: | 9781941660201 |
| Grades: | 2 |
Product Description:
Through age-appropriate lessons, students learn the process of writing from prewriting through revising and editing. Sentences and paragraphs are taught, as are the forms of writing (personal, subject, research, story and poetry). Students are taught how to find information using the library and computer, reading/phonics skills including reading graphics and new words, reading to understand, using phonics, making contractions, and how to use a glossary. Speaking and Listening as well as Learning and Thinking Skills are covered. Also includes a proofreader’s guide with the key points of grammar and a student almanac with helpful resources covering language arts, science, math, and history.
Publisher Description:
Write Away encourages second grade writers with beautiful illustrations and a friendly voice:
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Write Away is a book to grow in. It can also please you and tease you. It is your own friendly book about writing and learning. Think of Write Away as your special helper. It will help you do your best writing and learning. It is one book you will want all for your own!
You’ll find these five welcoming sections in Write Away:
- The Process of Writing helps your students prewrite, write, revise, and edit.
- The Forms of Writing shows your students how to write paragraphs, essays, reports, stories, poetry, and much more.
- The Tools of Learning teaches skills for student success in all classes.
- The Proofreader’s Guide helps your students with key points of grammar.
- The Student Almanac guides young writers across the curriculum.
A free online Write Away Teacher's Guide will walk 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.
From the creators of the effective Write Source Program, Thoughtful Learning’s K-12 Writing prioritizes the building of strong writers from kindergarten through adulthood. Teaching the process and traits of writing, major modes, listening and speaking, studying and test taking, students will understand and apply the writing process at all levels through this cohesive spiral program. Grammar, usage, and mechanics are integrated with writing instruction. Applying writing skills across the curriculum includes assignments that use the various writing forms to major content areas (taking notes, summarizing/paraphrasing, learning logs). Multimedia reports, email communications, planning personal websites, and citing electronic sources are integrated with more traditional writing experiences. Extensive coverage and well-developed evaluation rubrics based on the six traits of writing are part of the revising/editing process. Worth mentioning, there are occasional references to classroom activities, although most of these can easily be done in a homeschool setting.
Colorfully illustrated, the 6.5” x 9” Student Handbooks provide user friendly lessons, visually appealing information, and an emphasis on self-review. The comprehensive online Teacher Guide is available at the publisher’s website. The Teacher Guide includes the scope and sequence, yearlong timetable, getting-started activities, lesson plans, assessment supports, downloadable activities, lesson specific mini lessons and more. Parents and Teachers will appreciate the lesson correlations CCSS, TEKS, and LAFS.
Recommended but optional, the SkillsBooks provide systematic grammar, usage, and mechanics practice at each grade level. The SkillsBook Teacher’s Edition includes full size student pages with answers (if indicated). No additional teaching instruction included. Grade level courses are available as well as All Write, a remedial ELA program that enables middle school students to catch up before high school. It is also an excellent resource for ESL/ELL students. Available individually or in a package with Handbook, SkillsBook, and SkillsBook Teacher Guide. See individual grade levels for content overview. Convenient grade level packages are available, and include the Handbook (with online Teacher’s Guide), SkillsBook, and SkillsBook Teacher’s Edition.
These materials offer complete coverage of both writing and grammar.
