A practical guide to persuasive writing designed for elementary students, with tips on topic sentences and paragraphs, writing a letter to the editor, and drawing a writing web.
Introduces the techniques of nonfiction writing, focusing on how to write to explain, with discussion of how to use encyclopedias, write topic lists, use outlines, write explanatory reports, and related tasks.
"This alphabet book teaches young children about feelings and the idea that all emotions are natural and important. Colorful illustrations accompany the text. A section in the back provides tips and activities for parents, teachers, and caregivers to reinforce the book's themes and lessons"--Provided by publisher.
Contains fourteen short read-aloud plays designed to build fluency in third and fourth graders through repeated reading; and includes a mini-lesson, teaching ideas, a rubric, and a checklist for student self-assessment.
Uses the letters of the alphabet to introduce young readers to various genres of literature, such as "A" is for autobiography, "E" is for essay, and "Y" is for yearbook.
Presents an introduction to the letter "j", in simple text with photographs, and contains words and short sentences of people, places, and things that begin with the letter "j".
