Publisher's Synopsis
Give your first-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become strong and successful writers! Thanks to engaging art, topics, and activities, even beginning writers can practice the six traits of writing. 25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills: Ideas Week 1: Choose a Topic Week 2: Make Your Topic Better Week 3: Add Details Week 4: Choose Better Details Week 5: Review Organization Week 1: Beginning, Middle, and End Week 2: Put Things in the Right Order Week 3: Write a Complete Ending Week 4: Group by How Things Are the Same or Different Week 5: Review Word Choice Week 1: Use Action Words Week 2: Use Words That Describe Week 3: Use Words That Tell How You Feel Week 4: Use Just the Right Word Week 5: Review Sentence Fluency Week 1: Write a Sentence Week 2: Write a Sentence with Describing Words Week 3: Write Longer Sentences Week 4: Connect Your Ideas Week 5: Review Voice Week 1: Tell How You Feel Week 2: Write How You Feel Week 3: Create a Mood Week 4: Use Rhyme Week 5: Review This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only. About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.
