4th Grade -- Printed & Online Teaching Manual + Grading by Design™

Designed for the 4th-grade teacher, this package includes the following:

• Writing by Design® Printed Teaching Manual
• Writing by Design® Online Teaching Manual (1 teacher license) for off-site planning and computer projection.  Optional annual renewal, $50.
• Grading by Design™ online grading for unit writing assessments
• Free password-protected access to supporting documents and teaching resources

 Teaching Manuals

Each manual provides step-by-step comprehensive lesson plans for instruction. Lessons build in complexity with instruction of genre-specific writing: Narrative - Personal and Fictional, Summary - Narrative and Informative, Informative - Report and Response, and Opinion - Of a Topic and Literary Response.

130 Lessons are supported by:

• Parent Involvement Letters
• Daily Writing Warm-Ups focusing on language standards
• 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

Writing by Design® uses YouTube available recommended picture books, which are listed here.