Just Write

Children love talking about their lives--why not channelthat impulse into writing? Write About Me focuses onstudents lives, and then branches outwards to observing theworld around them. The book features large spaces fordrawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banksand steps that lead young writers to add details to theirwriting and make content area connections. The book alsooffers an introdcution to journals as a way to captureobservations and possible writing ideas. Some writingfundamentals such as types of sentences, capitalization andpunctuation are taught. Illustrations are by George Ulrichthat lead students into writing with age-appropriatevisuals. 58 pages, softcover; pages are non-reproducible.Grade 1.

Please note that this item is availablefor purchase by Homeschools only.

The "Just Write Book 1 Teacher's Guide" explains thewriting process, offers suggestions on how to use JustWrite in your classroom, and provides a helpfulpage-by-page listing of exercises and extension activities.An answer key features answers overlaid on reduced-sizestudent pages. Reproducible material includes a few graphicorganizations and a "Content and Editing" checklist. TheJust Write Book 1 Teacher's Guide accompanies Just Write, Book 1(sold-separately). 26 pages, booklet.

Just Write helps students become confident andexpressive writers through fun exercises, engaging text andkid-friendly examples. Detailed models are includedthroughout, giving kids a helpful guide for each new skill.Book 3 builds upon the earlier Just Write books, andintroduces students to the four types of writing: narrative,descriptive, expository and persuasive. Students areencouraged to be creative and experiment with each genre.Enjoyable activities, exercises and checklists guideaspiring writers towards making 'reading-writingconnections'. This book covers 9 weeks of lessons. Glossaryincluded. Softcover, 88 pages. Grade 4.

The Teacher's Guide explains the writing process, offerssuggestions on integrating Just Write into yourcurriculum, and provides a helpful page-by-page listing ofextension activities. Reproducible material includes anoutline of the writing process and Content and Editingchecklists. 18 pages, booklet form. Just Write Book 3Teacher's Guide accompanies Just Write Book 3(sold-separately).