Publisher Description

In this comprehensive resource, two veteran primary teachers share a multi-faceted approach to teaching writing that seamlessly combines the use of powerful mentor texts, strategy lessons, and the traits--ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Their yearlong plan--organized month-by-month--includes ideas for interactive morning messages, read-aloud suggestions, and more than 75 mini-lessons for teaching genre, grammar, the traits, and much more. Also included are reproducible planning sheets for a variety of genres and editing checklists, plus more than 250 literature suggestions. You'll find everything you need to help your young writers soar!

Author Biography

Maria P. Walther is a first grade teacher at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School in Aurora, IL. She received her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Northern Illinois University. Committed to staying in the classroom, she shares her knowledge with other professionals through publications and presentations at conferences throughout the country. She has authored or co-authored several articles on literacy instruction. In 1997, she was named Illinois Reading Educator of the Year. In 1998, she received both the Outstanding Research Award and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Northern

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