Book Description

Want to teach to the K-2 writing standards, get ideas galore, and have fun with your primary writing workshop, too? Of course. You want it all. And now you can have it! Primary Pizzazz Writing really helps you do it all!: Create a successful craft-centered writing workshop classroom; Directly address all of the nationally recognized primary writing standards with 30 Skill Units for every teaching setting--large and small groups, independent writing centers, and at-home writing; Engage the littlest writers and appeal to every learning style with make-and-takes, songs, poems, readers' theatre, games, and recipes; Add an interactive, performance dimension to writing workshop with a high-energy audio CD with 13 songs and 5 readers' theatre plays created and performed by Melissa Forney; and Link writing and reading with targeted literature selections and vocabulary for each skill unit. Melissa Forney also is the author of Dynamite Writing Ideas, Razzle Dazzle Writing, The Writing Menu, and Oonawassee Summer.