10 Easy Writing Lessons That Get Kids Ready for Standardized Tests: Proven Ways to Raise Your Students' Scores on the State Performance Assessments in

This is without question the best book to guide students' writing! The first lesson creates a clear example of how to set up an essay with main idea sentences, details and clear distinctions between paragraphs. It is such a good first lesson that I refer to it when teaching all subsequent lessons. The book is easy to follow and I have seen great results with my students. There are no more tears when it is writing time because they understand what to do as I a guide them carefully through each step using this book. You won't regret this purchase!

In my 13 years of curriculum, I have not found a writing book better than this one for elementary school. Well worth every penny of the money spent.The lesson plans are done for you, and they are step by step! There are modeled pieces of writing included and bulletin board display ideas. There are skills imbedded in the lesson. There are also additional writing ideas which can convert the 10 weeks into 30 weeks of writing practice. Great for new teachers! Great for those of us who are uncomfortable teaching writing, because we are unsure of our own writing quality.I LOVE this book.

I have a third and fourth grade classroom. I find the lessons contained in this book provide easy to follow, day by day steps that the children enjoy writing about. Students who had barely written three sentences are now writing five paragraphs with all the components of a good paragraph. I highly recommend this book, which can be adapted to any classroom, to increase your students writing skills!!

I teach a 3rd and 4th grade split. This book is filled with great ideas to get the students writing step by step. They want to write because the topics are personal. After a few lessons, my students are now able to write 5 paragraph essays on their own with all the elements. It worked for me!!

I AM A 4TH GRADE TEACHER IN WA STATE, WHERE 4TH, 7TH, AND 10TH GRADERS ARE TAKING THE WASL. KIDS ARE SCORED ON THEIR WRITING ACCORDING TO STYLE, CONTENT, AND CONVENTIONS. I FOUND THIS BOOK HELPFUL IN TEACHING MY KIDS HOW TO WRITE AN ORGANIZED 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY THAT WAS EASY FOR THEM AND ME. THIS BOOK TAKES SOME OF THE MYSTERY OUT OF HOW TO WRITE FOR THESE STATE ASSESSMENTS.