50 Fun-Filled Draw & Write Prompts Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has some good ideas for writing, although a lot of the ideas are repeated throughout the book using a different topic. Overall I found the book helpful for first grade.

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Get your most reluctant writers primed for great writing! 50 appealing reproducible pages pair drawing prompts with quick companion writing prompts on topics kids know and love: favorite friends and animals, special events, playtime, school, and more. As a pre-writing warm-up, drawing sparks kids' interest, helps them generate ideas and details for writing, and makes their subjects lively and real. Plus, the variety of writing forms will keep them on their toes. Perfect for collaborative class books! For use with Grades K-2.

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25 Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing (Grades 3-6) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is fantastic! Our son (age 9) is extremely bright and a good reader and has always been an excellent student. Now in 3rd grade, there is an emphasis on writing in his classroom and for some reason he developed what the teacher described as a "mental block" about writing, because he didn't know how to get started. He would get anxious and upset and end up in tears, saying "I don't know what to write."
I bought a few different books to help with the challenge, and this book was by far the most valuable. It got him past his mental block. He and I do one mini-lesson each week at home, on the weekends when we are relaxed. The mini-lessons are short, focused and fun. In just a few short weeks, our son has made progress both at home and in the classroom. I even consulted with a professional tutor in our area, who said that we were on the right track by using this book - she was very impressed with it.
Thank you Adele Fiderer!

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25 quick lessons on choosing and focusing topics, writing titles and leads that entice readers, crafting great endings, using details, showing character's feelings, clarifying fuzzy writing, getting rid of repetition, finding strong verbs, writing sentences with a sense of rhythm, and more. Includes ideas for extending the lessons, editing and proofreading mini-lessons, and sample student work to use as models. For use with Grades 3-6.

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