The Trait Crate, Grade 7

The Trait Crate, Grade 7
Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages:
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780545318631

Writing expert Ruth Culham pairs grade-level mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The seventh-grade version includes: * 6 mentor texts: After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick; The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartolli; Oh My Gods by Megan E. Bryant; A Drop of Water by Walter Wick; Music of the Dolphins by Karen Hesse; Henryls Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. * 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 for middle school. *Culham's pofessional book, Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing With the Traits, and color-coded stickers, These materials are organized in a sturdy box with hanging folders: one for each trait.

Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)

Not If I Can Help It (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Carolyn Mackler
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545709504

From award-winning Carolyn Mackler, the story of Willa, who has been living with Sensory Processing Disorder but is thrown for a BIG loop when her dad announces he's dating Willa's best friend's mom. Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't have irritating tags on the inside. She loves the crunch of popcorn and nachos . . . but is grossed out by the crunch of a baby carrot. And slimy foods? Those are the worst.Willa can manage all these things -- but there are some things she can't deal with, like her father's big news. He's been keeping a big secret from her . . . that he's been dating the mom of Willa's best friend Ruby. Willa does NOT like the idea of them being together. And she does NOT like the idea of combining families. And she does NOT like the idea of her best friend becoming her sister overnight. Will she go along with all of these changes? NOT if she can help it!

6 + 1 Traits of Writing

6 + 1 Traits of Writing
Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439280389

Everything you need to teach and assess student writing with this powerful model.

Traits of Writing

Traits of Writing
Author: Ruth Culham
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780545013635

Effective, easy-to-use tools for trait-based assessment and instruction--just for middle school teachers. Includes printable reproducible forms!

Touch Blue

Touch Blue
Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545361435

An exquisite second novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES! TOUCH BLUE, sure as certain, will touch your heart.The state of Maine plans to shut down her island's schoolhouse, which would force Tess's family to move to the mainland--and Tess to leave the only home she has ever known. Fortunately, the islanders have a plan too: increase the numbers of students by having several families take in foster children. So now Tess and her family are taking a chance on Aaron, a thirteen-year-old trumpet player who has been bounced from home to home. And Tess needs a plan of her own--and all the luck she can muster. Will Tess's wish come true or will her luck run out?Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord offers a warm-hearted, humorous, and thoughtful look at what it means to belong--and how lucky we feel when we do. Touch Blue, sure as certain, will touch your heart.

Henry's Freedom Box

Henry's Freedom Box
Author: Ellen Levine
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2016-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338082655

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.

Max's Words

Max's Words
Author: Kate Banks
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2006-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web
Author: E. B. White
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062406787

Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books. Whether enjoyed in the classroom or for homeschooling or independent reading, Charlotte's Web is a proven favorite.

Reading Strategies Toolkit

Reading Strategies Toolkit
Author: Laura Robb
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Children's literature
ISBN: 9780545066945

A ready-to-use resource that includes 9 full-color picture books, 9 teaching guides, 9 teaching transparencies, a professional book, as well as folders and a storage box to make teaching nonfiction strategies easy and manageable.