Designed for the Kindergarten teacher, this package includes the following:
- Writing by Design® Printed Teaching Manual
- Writing by Design® Printed Teaching Manual for Letter and Sentence Formation
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Writing by Design® Online Teaching Manual (1 teacher license) for off-site planning and computer projection. Optional annual renewal, $50.
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Free password-protected access to supporting documents and teaching resources
Teaching Manuals
The manual provides step-by-step comprehensive lesson plans for the instruction of genre-specific writing: (1) Personal Narrative, (2) Summary of a Narrative Text, (3) Summary of an Informative Text, (4) Informative, and (5) Opinion.
Lessons are supported by:
- Rubrics
- Model Papers
- Introductory Six Traits lessons
- Pictorials and lesson references to Six Traits and Genre Charts
- Reproducible student handouts and worksheets
- Common Core Standards alignment
- “No Excuse Spelling” K-8 and grade-specific word lists
- Revision and Editing tools and exercises
- Supportive lesson resources
- Differentiated teaching tips for ELL and students with special needs
- Writing strategies
- Engaging beginnings and conclusions
- Figurative language definitions and examples
- Advanced Parts of Speech/Word Choice examples
- Academic language reference
- Authentic Assessments
- Lesson-specific recommended picture books
- Spanish-translated resources
The manual for Letter and Sentence Formation includes lesson plans and reproducible worksheets for students to build letter formation skills, writing simple sentences using high-frequency words, and phonetic spelling.
Writing by Design® uses recommended picture books, which are listed here.
