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How Do Students Become Good Readers?

 

As our emergent readers develop into upper- emergent and early fluent readers, we need to constantly remind them to use their “Good Reader” strategies.  They must consistently ask themselves these questions as they approach unfamiliar text:  Does it look right?  Does it sound right?  Does it make sense?

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Daily Writing Lessons: Initial month of grade-level lessons and assessment

 

Read about how CraftPlus raised MEAP scores in a Michigan district!

 

 

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CraftPlus Principles and Practices: Writing a Comparison Paper

This pre-writing lesson plan notes the importance of teaching comparisons, a developmental skill that is foundational to analytical thinking. You will also learn how to teach attribute identification, a pre-cursor skill to crafting comparisons.

 

Topics and Lessons Associated with Each Video

View the lesson topics covered in each segment of the CraftPlus® videos. Also cross-references the classroom-demonstration videos with specific lessons.

 

Sample Mini-Lesson: Teaching with Picture-Prompted Writing

Picture-prompted writing is a core CraftPlus strategy. This sample picture-prompted writing mini-lesson sequence for Strong Verbs walks you through a lesson.

 

Suggested Classroom Instruction Timeline

A basic timeline help to help you begin CraftPlus.

 

Supporting Templates and Forms

An overview of the assessment templates and forms available in Section 1 of the CraftPlus Curriculum Guide.

 

Glossary of Terms

A glossary of terms useful for pinpointing specific elements of writing-craft instruction.

 

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