Available as a softcover or hardcover, this Handbook helps 4th and 5th graders improve their writing skills and overall fluency. Divided into four sections: the Writing Process, which teaches key writing skills from selecting great topics to proofreading the final draft; the Forms of Writing which focuses on essays, reports, stories, business and persuasive letters, book reviews, poems, and on-demand writing situations; the Tools of Learning which teaches critical thinking skills for studying, reading strategies, and test-taking tips. It also includes a look at online communication and research, and internet safety. The Proofreader’s Guide reviews punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and more. Writing models/samples, and supportive guidelines throughout support budding young writers.
The new Writers Express is the perfect resource to help 4th and 5th grade students become better writers, readers, test takers, and learners. It overflows with writing guidelines, models, checklists, tips, and much more. The handbook has four major sections.
A free online Writers Express 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.
Available as a softcover or hardcover, the Writer’s Express Handbook helps 4th and 5th graders improve their writing skills and overall fluency. One Student Handbook is used in both grades 4 and 5, with unit lessons building from basic to more advanced throughout the year. As appropriate, there are two levels of assignments provided: Beginning (grade 4) and Advanced (grade 5). A Digital Teacher Guide is available at no cost from the publisher’s website. This valuable resource provides a weekly schedule, activity worksheets and handouts, guidelines for writing assessments, and more. It also aligns lessons from the optional Writer’s Express SkillsBooks for Grade 4 and Grade 5. Consumable Writer’s Express SkillsBooks provide additional instruction and practice in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Although the Grade 4 and 5 SkillsBooks rely on the same Student Handbook, the activities vary, with more advanced exercises in Grade 5. Each SkillsBook has a grade-level Teacher Guide, sold separately. Teacher Guides include the answers only. For your convenience, we offer softcover and hardcover grade-level packages that include the Handbook, SkillsBook, and Teacher Guide: Grade 4 Softcover Package, Grade 4 Hardcover Package, Grade 5 Softcover Package, and Grade 5 Hardcover Package.
