Strategic Writing Mini-Lessons for All Students, Grades 4-8

Short lessons with a big impact!

Respond to your writers needs with mini-lessons that will improve their craft and confidence. From the start, the I Can! chapter sets up writers to know what they can do, by learning to note and record their own strengths. Every chapter models strategies that foster students self-regulated, independent writing, and includes adaptations that show how to adjust teaching for advanced writers, writers who struggle, English language learners, and extending the strategies across content areas. Each mini-lesson is laid out step by step for ease of use, including sections on: Materials neededModeling the lessonStudent practiceIndependent writing