Teaching Kits
CONTENT AREA | ELA
Grades K–5 Modes in Focus Ruth Culham and Libby Jachles
Get students writing immediately and enthusiastically with Modes in Focus. Created by leading experts Ruth Culham and Libby Jachles, these writing kits give you everything you need to build skills in the three modes of writing: narrative, informational, and opinion. Each grade-level kit provides: • 6 mentor texts by contemporary children’s book authors— two that align with each mode
• Getting Started Guide and Teach Writing Well • A companion website with downloadable writing activities, videos, scoring guides, and more • 6 teaching guides (18 lessons total) • Color-coded stickers to label by mode • Set-up sheet and tabbed hanging folders
• 3 teaching posters Digital Companion SCHL-709953 Grade K SCHL-709959 Grade 1 SCHL-709960 Grade 2 SCHL-709961 Grade 3 SCHL-709963 Grade 4 SCHL-709964 Grade 5 $174.67
Grades K–5 Trait Crate Plus Ruth Culham Teach students how to effectively use the six traits of writing through engaging mentor texts and creative, ready-to-go lessons. Each crate contains: • 6 mentor texts by beloved children’s authors—one for each trait • 6 Teaching Guides with trait-focused, • A companion website with downloadable writing activities, videos, scoring guides, and more • 6 teaching posters that feature
Grades 6–8 The Trait Crate® The middle school versions include: • 6 mentor texts
mode-specific lessons based on the mentor texts (24 lessons total) • The Writing Thief , Culham’s groundbreaking professional book Digital Companion
• 6, 16-page Teaching Guides, each with four model lessons, student reproducibles, a scoring rubric, and extension activities • A CD with mentor-text passages, whiteboard activities, and student reproducibles • 6 teaching posters perfect for middle school • Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing With the Traits • Color-coded stickers and folders
key qualities of the traits • 120 color-coded stickers
SCHL-803046 Grade K SCHL-803045 Grade 1 SCHL-803044 Grade 2 SCHL-583771 Grade 3 SCHL-583772 Grade 4 SCHL-736953 Grade 5 $199.99
SCHL-531862 Grade 6 SCHL-531863 Grade 7 SCHL-531864 Grade 8 $125.00
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