Trait Crate Plus, Grade K
Using fiction and nonfiction children's books as mentors, Trait Crate Plus optimizes the teaching of writing with ready-to-use lessons. Students learn and apply the six traits - ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions - to enhance their writing skills. This enhanced edition includes an emphasis on narrative, informational, and opinion modes, a companion website with downloadable resources and video interviews with authors, and the bestseller The Writing Thief by Ruth Culham. Mentor texts include The Swing, Train, The Pet Shop Revolution, Lizards, Too Many Toys, and Exclamation Mark.
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Using fiction and nonfiction children's books as mentors, Trait Crate Plus adds new life and energy to the teaching of writing through thoughtful and creative lessons that are ready-to-use tomorrow. Everything you need is provided. Traits Crate Plus helps students learn and use the six traits - ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions - to improve specific skills in writing. With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham's Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this enhanced edition offers an emphasis on modes - narrative, informational, and opinion - to help you address higher standards. A companion website provides access to dozens of downloadable pages for students, video interviews with children's authors, and student-friendly scoring guides. Culham's bestseller, The Writing Thief, takes a deep dive into the theory and practice of using mentor texts to teach the craft of writing. The mentor texts included are: Ideas: The Swing by Joe Cepeda, Organization: Train by Elisha Cooper, Voice: The Pet Shop Revolution by Ana Juan, Word Choice: Lizards by Nic Bishop, Sentence Fluency: Too Many Toys by David Shannon, and Conventions: Exclamation Mark by Amy Krause Rosenthal.
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Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Grade 1
Brand: Scholastic Teaching Solutions
Publisher Date: 01/01/2023
Author: Dr. Ruth Culham
UPC: 9781338030464
