Writing Skills Teacher's Handbook  E-mail this product to a friend

Writing Skills is an integrated, comprehensive solution for differentiating writing instruction in the classroom. The Writing Skills series offers integrated instruction in composition and its related skills, including grammar, mechanics, spelling, handwriting, and keyboarding.

First designed for the struggling, at-risk, and beginning writer, this series provides an essential foundation in thinking and writing skills. Instruction is systematic, building from simple to complex concepts. For proficient and advanced students, the series offers opportunities to apply new strategies and techniques to their writing. Because students who spell correctly and write legibly receive the highest scores on standardized assessments, the Writing Skills series includes two Cursive Writing Skills student books and a Teacher’s Handbook offering strategies for teaching spelling, grammar, and handwriting, and keyboarding. An excellent resource for differentiating writing instruction in the classroom, the Writing Skills Teacher’s Handbook explains how to teach writing through explicit instruction, models, and samples of student writing at various stages. Also includes cross-curricular applications, writing prompts, and discussion of state and national writing assessments. Special sections in spelling, handwriting, and keyboarding help build fluency and confidence in young and struggling writers. Can be used without the student books as an excellent professional resource or with Writing Skills student books to practice skills addressed in grades 2–12.