The Writing Prompts Workbook, Grades 5-6


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To make writing more exciting for fifth and sixth grade students, you need to give them a chance to grow their creativity and imagination. "The Writing Prompts Workbook" is a collection of imaginative situations and questions that will get your students and children using their brains to come up with wildly creative ideas when they begin to put pen to paper. Bryan Cohen, the author of "1,000 Creative Writing Prompts" and "500 Writing Prompts for Kids," has compiled 200 of some of his best prompts for first and second graders in this workbook. Use them for journals, assignments, poems, conversations, songs and more.




Writing Prompts Workbook - Grades 5-6: Story Starters, Writing Prompts, Grammar and Vocabulary


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As a parent, you know the importance of growing and challenging your child's creativity and improving their writing and conceptual skills? Writing prompts provide a fun and exciting method to develop the creativity, imagination and writing skills of students. Through practice, the use of correct techniques and structure, writing will flourish. This book contains over 200 writing prompts, grammar exercise, vocabulary lists and story starters to help develop every aspect of writing both creatively and correctly. All exercises including writing prompt, grammar exercises, and vocabulary and story starters have been created by qualified teachers to reflect the learning requirements of Grade 1 and Grade 2 students. This book is packed with 200 new writing prompts guaranteed to help your child develop and improve their imagination, creativity and writing skills. Through writing practice, vocabulary building exercises and grammar guide, your child will develop new skills in a fun and engaging manner. Writing Prompts Workbook is a collection of imaginative situations and questions aimed directly at 5th - 6th-grade students written by the award-winning team at Thomas Media, who secured a Young Writers award in 2018. Examples from the book: Example 1 - Some students become bullies because they have low self-esteem. What can you do to help bullies? Example 2 - We all have our faults. Discuss one of your faults and how you can make that part of your life better. Example 3 - Recycling could greatly reduce the amount of pollution on our planet. Yet, most people do not recycle. Why? Table of Content : Chapter 1 - BULLYING Chapter 2 - POSITIVITY AND GOOD MOOD Chapter 3 - FAMILY TIME Chapter 4 - INEQUALITY. Chapter 5 - POLLUTION AND OUR PLANET Chapter 6 - DRESS CODE AND SCHOOL UNIFORMS Chapter 7 - AGREE OR DISAGREE Chapter 8 - LAW AND ETHICS Chapter 9 - THE PAST AND TIME TRAVE Chapter 10 - PATIENCE Chapter 11 - VOCABULARY BUILDER Chapter 12 - GRAMMAR BUILDER Chapter 13 - STORY BUILDER




WRITING PROMPTS WORKBOOK - Grade 5-6


Book Description

As a parent, you know the importance of growing and challenging your child's creativity and improving their writing and conceptual skills? Writing prompts provide a fun and exciting method to develop the creativity, imagination, and writing skills of students. Through practice, the use of correct techniques and structure, writing will flourish. This book contains over 200 writing prompts, grammar exercises, vocabulary lists, and story starters to help develop every aspect of writing both creatively and correctly. All exercises including writing prompts, grammar exercises, and vocabulary and story starters have been created by qualified teachers to reflect the learning requirements of Grade 5 and Grade 6 students. This book is packed with 200 new writing prompts guaranteed to help your child develop and improve their imagination, creativity, and writing skills. Through writing practice, vocabulary building exercises, and grammar guides, your child will develop new skills in a fun and engaging manner. Writing Prompts Workbook is a collection of imaginative situations and questions aimed directly at 5th - 6th-grade students written by the award-winning team at Thomas Media, who secured a Young Writers award in 2018. Examples from the book: Example 1 - Some students become bullies because they have low self-esteem. What can you do to help bullies? Example 2 - We all have our faults. Discuss one of your faults and how you can make that part of your life better. Example 3 - Recycling could greatly reduce the amount of pollution on our planet. Yet, most people do not recycle. Why? Table of Content: Chapter 1 - BULLYING Chapter 2 - POSITIVITY AND GOOD MOOD Chapter 3 - FAMILY TIME Chapter 4 - INEQUALITY. Chapter 5 - POLLUTION AND OUR PLANET Chapter 6 - DRESS CODE AND SCHOOL UNIFORMS Chapter 7 - AGREE OR DISAGREE Chapter 8 - LAW AND ETHICS Chapter 9 - THE PAST AND TIME TRAVE Chapter 10 - PATIENCE Chapter 11 - VOCABULARY BUILDER Chapter 12 - GRAMMAR BUILDER Chapter 13 - STORY BUILDER




Spectrum Writing, Grade 5


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Fifth Grade Writing Workbook for kids ages 10-11 Support your child’s educational journey with the Spectrum Grade 5 Writing Workbook that teaches basic handwriting skills to fifth graders. Writing Books for 5th graders are a great way for students to learn basic writing skills such as writing stories, writing about literature, persuasive writing, and more through a variety of creative writing prompts and writing practice that are both fun AND educational! Why You’ll Love This 5th Grade Workbook Engaging and educational writing prompts. “Writing a personal narrative”, “Finding main ideas and details in pictures”, and “writing a persuasive article” are a few of the fun kids writing activities that incorporate writing practice for kids into everyday settings to help inspire learning into your child’s curriculum. Testing progress along the way. Post-tests are included at the end of every chapter to test student knowledge. A writer’s handbook and answer key are included in the back of the 5th grade book to track your child’s progress along the way before moving on to new and exciting activities. Practically sized for every activity The 136-page writing activity book is sized at about 8 1⁄2 inches x 11 inches—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Spectrum For more than 20 years, Spectrum has provided solutions for parents who want to help their children get ahead, and for teachers who want their students to meet and exceed set learning goals—providing workbooks that are a great resource for both homeschooling and classroom curriculum. The Kids Writing Book Contains: 4 chapters full of vibrant activities and illustrations End-of-chapter tests, an answer key, and writer’s handbook Perfectly sized at about 8 1⁄2” x 11”




Writing, Grade 6


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Spectrum Writing creates student interest and sparks writing creativity! The lessons, perfect for students in grade 6, strengthen writing skills by focusing on sequence of events, comparing and contrasting, point of view, facts and opinions, and more! Each book provides an overview of the writing process, as well as a break down of the essential skills that build good writing. It features easy-to-understand directions, is aligned to national and state standards, and also includes a complete answer key. --Today, more than ever, students need to be equipped with the essential skills they need for school achievement and for success on proficiency tests. The Spectrum series has been designed to prepare students with these skills and to enhance student achievement. Developed by experts in the field of education, each title in the Spectrum workbook series offers grade-appropriate instruction and reinforcement in an effective sequence for learning success. Perfect for use at home or in school, and a favorite of parents, homeschoolers, and teachers worldwide, Spectrum is the learning partner students need for complete achievement.




Spectrum Writing, Grade 1


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Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 1 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer’s Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum(R), the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.




Writing Skills


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180 Days of Writing for Fifth Grade: Practice, Assess, Diagnose


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180 Days of Writing is an easy-to-use resource that provides fifth-grade students with practice in writing argument/opinion, informative/explanatory, and narratives pieces while also strengthening their language and grammar skills. Centered on high-interest themes, each two-week unit is aligned to one writing standard. Students interact with mentor texts during the first week and then apply their learning the next week by practicing the steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Daily practice pages make activities easy to prepare and implement as part of a classroom morning routine, at the beginning of each writing lesson, or as homework. Genre-specific rubrics and data-analysis tools provide authentic assessments that help teachers differentiate instruction. Develop enthusiastic and efficient writers through these standards-based activities correlated to College and Career Readiness and other state standards.




Write Now & Write On, Grades 6-12


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From social media to school success—take student writing to the next level! Your students may not realize it, but they’re already writers. All those informal text messages, Instagram captions, and Facebook posts have given them skills they can use as a springboard to the formal, content-specific writing they’ll need for success in school, college, and careers. The key, of course, is practice—plus a little guidance from you. And you’ll be ready, no matter what subject you teach, because this essential reference is packed with relevant, contemporary teaching strategies that are easily customizable to work across content areas. Inside, you’ll find: Engaging exercises based in the kinds of writing students already do Versatile "parachute writings"—quick bursts of practice to drop into a day’s lesson Strategies for introducing academic vocabulary and making it stick Skill-boosting strategies for successful summarizing and using textual evidence Variations specific to all disciplines and content areas Students should be writing daily, in all their classes, and they should be writing a lot, both inside and outside school. With this practical guide, you’ll be ready to help them up their writing game—and make literacy relevant, valuable, and authentic.