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Writing

ages

Instructional Focus

3 Comprehension

3 Fluency

3 Writing

Trait expert Ruth Culham has developed these collections of picture books by top authors and illustrators to help give students models for writing. The 24 books in each bundle, four per trait, capture a range of genres, topics, and cultural and historical contexts. Read aloud these fine books to the class, discuss them in small groups, carry out the activities in the teaching guides, and watch students’ writing skills soar.

Writing Traits Book Bundles Include:

• Background information on each trait and its key qualities

• An annotated and illustrated list of books in the bundle, organized by trait

• Fun, effective, teacher-tested activities, based on each trait’ s key qualities

• Checklists of trait-specific questions to ask when choosing picture books for teaching writing

• A chart for pinpointing each book’ s“ target trait” and“ secondary trait” at a glance

• A form for recording model picture books that teachers find on their own

• A sturdy storage tub

• A grade-specific teaching guide

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