Give your second-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become strong and successful writers. Thanks to engaging art, topics, and activities, even primary writers can practice the six traits of writing!
25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:
Ideas
Week 1: Choose a Good Topic
Week 2: Add Details
Week 3: Choose Better Details
Week 4: Stick to the Topic
Week 5: Review
Organization
Week 1: Put Things in the Right Order
Week 2: Beginning, Middle, and End
Week 3: Group Together Ideas and Details
Week 4: Group by How Things Are the Same or Different
Week 5: Review
Word Choice
Week 1: Use Strong Verbs
Week 2: Describe the Action
Week 3: Use Adjectives
Week 4: Use Exact Nouns
Week 5: Review
Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Write a Sentence
Week 2: Write Longer Sentences
Week 3: Fix Run-on and Rambling Sentences
Week 4: Combine Choppy Sentences
Week 5: Review
Voice
Week 1: Use Formal and Informal Language
Week 2: Use Different Writing Styles
Week 3: Create a Mood
Week 4: Write from Different Points of View
Week 5: Review
Use alongside any composition program: the 125 trait-based lessons divide into 5 units that each contain five weeks of instruction. Each lesson identifies the writing convention, highlights a skill, and then includes a teacher lesson plan, reproducible student pages and a writing prompt. Correlated to current standards, the instruction is scaffolded and provides grading rubrics (with directions for use). Pages are grouped by these 6 traits and are indicated on the bottom margin: ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions. Daily assignments are manageable and varied. These books include directions for each unit and answers in reduced format. The perforated pages are reproducible for single use only. 160 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth
Intelligent topics and focus on specific skills. Clear instructions for students.
Have used it before. My son is advanced in reading & spelling but not in the actual English grammar rules.
Second grader needs more structured writing instruction.
I need a supplemental writing curriculum for my 2nd grader. And this looked simple to use as daily practice without overwhelming my child.