Books & Resources

Daily Guided Writing

Gr. K-2 A wealth of ideas and practical suggestions for modeling writing helps develop daily writing in meaningful ways. Students engage in writing projects which incorporate the daily news, experience stories, and journal writing. Plus ̶... More.

Writing Flip Chart

Gr. 1-5 Stimulate creative writing and story telling with this durable spiral bound flip book. Explores creative writing elements such as character, setting, plot, conclusion, and uses real life photography. Includes four sets of 15 double si... More.

40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom

Gr. 3+ Get the most from the trait model! Essential forms for assessing students, planning instruction, communicating with parents, and teaching forms of writing. From handy rubrics to weekly letters for encouraging writing at home, all the tools... More.

The Best of Mailbox® Writing

Gr. 1-3 Reinforce important writing skills and provide students with a wealth of meaningful and fun writing opportunities with the ideas in this book. Inside you’ll find skill-building activities and reproducibles, seasonal writing ... More.

730 Journal Prompts – Grades 1-3

No more time-consuming advance planning or searching for daily prompts. We’ve provided the fun, thought-provoking topics you’ll need for a successful journal-writing program in one handy, easy-to-use resource. 730 holiday... More.

730 Journal Prompts – Grades 4-6

No more time-consuming advance planning or searching for daily prompts. We’ve provided the fun, thought-provoking topics you’ll need for a successful journal-writing program in one handy, easy-to-use resource. 730 holiday... More.

Trait-Based Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing

Gr. 2-4. By Megan S. Sloan. More than 25 effective and engaging mini-lessons to help students strengthen their writing by learning about the traits: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.... More.

Nonfiction Craft Lessons

Gr. K-8 Practical texts for the over-scheduled teacher who wants to give students fresh challenges for their writing but doesn’t have time to do the research. Each book is split into three sections: primary grades, grades 3-4, a... More.

Craft Lessons

By Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi. Gr. K-8 A mainstay of writing teachers, both new and experienced. Readers value the pithy, practical lessons – each printed on one page – and appreciate the instructional language geared to t... More.

Daily Paragraph Editing Transparencies – Gr. 2

Provide students with an engaging way to practice mechanics and usage of grade-level language arts skills. Editing practice focuses on key language arts skills such as: capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and language usage. Each weekly lesson in... More.