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Traits of Writing for the Primary Grades: A Professional Development Series on DVD: A Professional Development Series on DVD

by Ruth Culham

Grades: K - 2

DVD
Item #:NTS989470
Weight (lbs):1.462

Looking for specific, classroom-tested ways to build the skills of the youngest writers? Look no further than this exciting new DVD series from Ruth Culham, expert on writing assessment and instruction.

Step inside real primary classrooms to see how this powerful, research-based model helps teachers assess student work and plan instruction using the seven traits--ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.

You'll watch teachers in a study group use analytic scoring guides to easily assess student work in each trait.
Then you'll see them plan and implement craft writing lessons based on their findings.
And best of all, you'll see young students take pride in their writing as they use the traits and see improvements!

The series includes:
Disc 1: An Introduction to Trait-Based Assessment and Instruction for Grades K-2 (23 minutes)

Disc 2: A Close-up Look at Each Trait (1 hour 58 minutes):

Key Qualities--a definition and explanation of the trait
Professional Study Group--teachers share their observations of students using the traits, writing assessments, and lesson planning ideas
Focus Lesson--a real classroom lesson designed to teach skills related to the traits

An 80-page Professional Study Guide that contains everything you need to plan and implement traits training, including: