WHAT ARE THE MAIN UNITS IN THIS BUNDLE?
✓ BRAINSTORMING
✓ SENTENCE STRUCTURE
✓ PARAGRAPH WRITING
✓ WRITING PROCESS
✓ NARRATIVE WRITING
✓ OPINION WRITING
✓ INFORMATIVE WRITING
WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THE STEP-BY-STEP WRITING ® UNITS?
1. LESSON PLANS with Editable PACING GUIDE: It has SCRIPTED lesson plans and ideas to motivate, educate (explicit teaching), and differentiate. No more guessing on what to say!
2. ANCHOR CHARTS: There are anchor charts to teach every skill.
3. INTERACTIVE NOTE-TAKING: They are included for every skill. This is available in printable notebooks with differentiated pages or digital notes!
For printable: The interactive pages have several versions for differentiation including a mini anchor chart perfect for absent students. COVER PAGES AND TABS ARE INCLUDED FOR THE NOTEBOOKS.
4. PRACTICE: There is practice for many of the mini-lessons. These are great for independent work and homework.
5. TASK CARDS OR SELF-CHECK DIGITAL PRACTICE: There is additional practice for centers or home learning. The printable version has task cards whereas the digital version has self-check slides.
6. MENTOR TEXT: There is an original mentor text with each skill highlighted within the text. There is also a suggested list of books for mentor text.
7. MODEL AND APPLY: For each lesson, there is a model of that skill that builds into an effective essay. There is also a place for students to apply that skill to build their essay.
8. ASSESSMENT: There are skill assessments at the end of each unit.
9. FORMS AND RESOURCES: Checklists (writing, elements, Common Core), rubrics, tracking forms, spelling dictionary, student resource guide, word lists, writing process posters, writing goals, reflection (PEER AND SELF) forms, thesaurus, final copy templates.
10. PROMPTS AND WEEKLY WRITING GUIDE: There are additional prompts and a weekly guide to writing. For Opinion and Informative Writing, there are PROMPT PASSAGES.
WHAT MINI LESSONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR-LONG STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® PROGRAM?
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS
Start off with brainstorming ideas for the year! There is an interest inventory and interactive pages for (I love, I wonder, My Family, My feelings).
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
1. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs
2. Simple Sentences- subjects and predicates
3. Compound Sentences
PARAGRAPH WRITING
1. Topic Sentences
2. Relevant Details
3. Transition Words
4. Closing Sentences
WRITING PROCESS
There are posters as well as a lesson for the writing process.
LIST OF MINI LESSONS FOR NARRATIVE WRITING
1. Narrative Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorming
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers for Narrative Writing
4. Writing an Introduction (Character, Setting, Plot)
5. Writing a Body (Includes Power of 3, Suspense, Climax)
6. Character Traits
7. How to Use Dialogue (for 3rd Grade and Differentiation in other grades)
8. Writing a Conclusion
9. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
10. How to Form a Writing Goal
11. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
12. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
13. Using Transition Words
14. Word Choice -Million Dollar Words- (higher-level for differentiation)
15. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
16. How to Craft a Title
17. CUPS to Edit
18. Editing Capitalization
19. Editing Usage
20. Editing Punctuation
21. Editing Spelling
22. Rules for Peer Reflections
23. Writing a Final Copy
LIST OF MINI LESSONS FOR OPINION WRITING
1. Opinion Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
4. Writing an Introduction
5. Writing a Body (Power of 3, facts and details)
6. How to Strengthen Opinions
7. Writing a Conclusion
8. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
9. How to Plan a Writing Goal
10. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
11. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
12. Using Transition Words
13. Adding Key Words and Phrases
14. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
15. How to Craft a Title
16. C.U.P.S. to Edit
17. Editing Capitalization
18. Editing Usage
19. Editing Punctuation
20. Editing Spelling
21. Rules for Peer Reflections
22. Writing a Final Copy
LIST OF MINI LESSONS FOR INFORMATIVE WRITING
1. Informative Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
4. Organization Structures
5. Writing an Introduction
6. Writing a Body (facts and details)
7. How to Take Notes, Avoid Plagiarism, Citing Sources (the primary way)
8. Writing a Conclusion
9. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
10. How to Plan a Writing Goal
11. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
12. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
13. Using Transition Words
14. Adding Key Words
15. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
16. How to Craft a Title
17. CUPS to Edit
18. Editing Capitalization
19. Editing Usage
20. Editing Punctuation
21. Editing Spelling
22. Graphics/ Heading/ Picture Captions
23. Table of Contents and Glossary
24. Rules for Peer Reflections
25. Writing a Final Copy
READ FIRST FILE- SET UP AND RESOURCES
★ Support: Exclusive access to my email and Step-by-Step Writing Facebook Group
★ Getting Ready
★ Preparations
★ Order of Skills
★ Writing Workshop Schedule
★ Steps for each lesson
★ Techniques for Teaching Writing
★ Setting Up Notebooks
★ Mini Lesson Instructions
★ Decorating notebook (Including student handout)
★ Portfolio Labels
★ Portfolio Message to Parents
★ Quick Notebook Check Rubric
★ Presentation Rubric
★ Writing Workshop Rules
★ Teacher Binder Cover Pages for each section
★ ROCKSTAR WRITERS™ completion award
WHY STEP-BY-STEP WRITING®?
Scaffolding through the writing process continues to be an effective and successful approach to teach writing. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece of writing. This provides students with a thorough understanding of how to put a quality piece of writing together. It helps even the most reluctant writers become ROCKSTAR WRITERS™! One proven study shows that 98% of two classes using the program scored in the exceptional range on state testing. Now thousands of teachers are having the same success.
This resource is packed with ways to MOTIVATE-EDUCATE-DIFFERENTIATE your writing instruction! You will find your students engaged, have already prepped lessons for explicit teaching, and receive jammin’ ideas for differentiation.
What happens if you don’t have confidence in teaching writing?
No problem! After 26 years teaching in the classroom, a Masters Degree and National Board Certification, I now serve as a writing coach and curriculum designer. I created this all-inclusive STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® program to share my SECRET TO WRITING SUCCESS. I offer an exclusive Facebook Group to anyone with this writing program. It will guide and support you through a year of writing. Writing is my jam!
What is the difference in this resource and the specific grade-level for 1,2,3?
This one is completely editable for those who need to change languages. It is also ideal for those who teach multiple grade levels. It is the only one that is digital for those grade levels.
Please note: If you want separate practice, model, prompts, assessments, and task cards for each of the 3 grade levels, it would be best to purchase each grade level separately. This one is one program, not a bundle of all 3 grade levels.
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Keep rockin’ it!
Pam
