Writing

=**Writing**=

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Interactive games || This makes a good writng assessment and would be useful at parent teacher conferences. || [|First Grade Parade Blog] || This is from a blog that has tons of super cute ideas, makes me want to teach 1st grade!! || Beginning Writers || Writing Assessment Rubric: Includes 4 stages, Emergent, Early Developing, Developing and Early Independent. [] || Easy to follow writing rubric that describes the 4 stages of writing. || knowing in advance the criteria for assessment." This website provides lots of very helpful rubrics for assessing student writing. || This is a great site for teachers who are looking for multiple ways to assess different writing assignments. Examples include posters, newspaper articles, songs, webpages, etc. || [] [] || K-5 || [|www.**readwritethink**.org/classroom-resources/student-inter]... This site helps with online activities to guide reading and writing skills [] ||  || [] || Upper El-middle school || [] Reading strategies for lower elementary students || These writing to inform rubrics show direct expectations and requirements || This is the website where the analytic writing rubric came from. It is from Milwaukee Public schools and has TONS of ideas and assessments for 6+1 traits of writing program. || The attachment is an example of a 4 point rubric for "quick" assessing rather than a large chart. || Swartz ||  || K-8 || [|The Reading Lady] || 6+1 traits posters || Swartz ||  ||   || [|The Reading Lady - Rubric] || Writing rubric || Introduction, main body, Conclusion, References. || Scroll to the section labeled: "How do teachers achieve best practice?" This section is about writer's workshop, the six traits, writing strategies, etc. || 4-12 || [] This strategy is called "Do I really know it?" and it is a flowchart that students can follow to produce more within their writing. ||  || Fun way to get your students to enjoy writing. [|1000 Quick Writing Ideas] ||  || [|Write a Super Sentence] || This book and rubric incorporates the 6 traits of writing || Leon || [|Teacher Vision - Writing Ideas] || K-5 || [|Writing Strategies - Writing Prompts for writing warm ups] Just like Silly sentence starters || While the teacher vision site is for third grade, the ideas can be modified to fit different grade levels. The writing prompts can be used for free writes or even writing warm ups. || Shuster || [] || Adapted to All || [] ||  || This is a website which has writing assessment rubrics for each of the six traits of writing. || Elementary || [] This website has mini lessons broken down into the six traits. ||  || Kristi Miller Can be used for BOTH.... 1st grade []
 * Student Name || Assessment || Grade Levels || Strategy || Comments ||
 * Dana Saenz ||  || K-3 || [[file:Writing startegy chart[1].pdf]] || Quick wriitng prompt that can be used as story starters. ||
 * Dana Saenz || [[file:6 TRAITS WRITING ASSESSMENT.pdf]] || 3rd-12th ||  || A rubric that can be used to assess your students writing and see what is needed to make the student successful in his/her writing skills ||
 * Kristy Trombley || __[]__ Check list || k || []
 * Marisa Swartz || [] ||  || Writing Activites
 * Lori Losinski || [[file:k-2 writing rubric.pdf]] || k-2
 * Don Mackewich || http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/assess-elem.html || Grades 3-8 || According to the site, "Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge and process skills by
 * Joanne Haberkamp ||.
 * Betsy Mueller || [] || PK-5 || A multisensory approach to teaching writing. From developmetal strokes to printing to cursive. Starts PK through elementary. || The readiness and writing lessons teach body awareness, cooperation, taking turns, listening, crayon grip, drawing, building, letter and number recognition, capital letter and number formation. ||
 * Melissa Johnson || []
 * Elizabeth McKenna ||  || 2-5 || [] || This is a link to a website that has 6 different posters in pdf format that you can print out and hang in your classroom. Students could also add this to a writing binder or toolbox to use as a reference. ||
 * Elizabeth McKenna || [[file:MPS Analytic Writing Rubric.doc]] || K-8 || []
 * Marisa
 * Marisa
 * Jessica Johnson || [] || K-3 ||  || Article on writing assessment in different grade levels. ||
 * Jessica Johnson ||  || All writers || [] || Four step process for writing with video demonstrations. ||
 * Michelle Wilczak || [] || 8th || [|http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/01%20Writing%20Strategy%20Guide%20v001%20(Full).pdf] || This assessment offers 24 examples of writing for a teacher to compare to. The strategy site has 11 different ideas to help students write. ||
 * Melinda Wavra || [|Writing assessment/rubric] || K-2 || [|Writing lessons] || Great website that has many writing lesson plans to teach the traits for grades 1-12! ||
 * Kelly Gartrell || [|K-2 6 Traits Writing Rubric] || K-2 || [] || 7-12 Guidlines for writing: Cover page, and Cover,
 * Traci Gabow || [|http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/09%20Writing%20Assessment%20v001%20(Full).pdf]
 * Carey Thomsen || [|Writing Rubrics for Grades 2-5] || All || [|Comic Creator]
 * Julie Gregor || [|Writing Rubric] || 1-3 || I use 6 + 1 writing traits in my classroom: ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice and conventions +1 presentation. I purchased a book to teach students to write a “super sentence.” This book supports 6 trait writing. It starts out modeling and goes into students doing it independently on their own. The name of the book is: “ Write a Super Sentence” grades 1-3 by Evan Moore.
 * Jessica Hebel || [|Printable Paper] || k-2 || I enjoy using this paper to make my own sentences. I even type the spelling words for the week, so the students can practice. ||  ||
 * Jessica Fisk || [] || 2 || [] || This website provides a rubric for the students to self-assess their writing. It also provides a list of best practices when creating a writing community. ||
 * Marietta
 * Sam
 * Jan Allardyce || [|Graphic organizer to assess understanding of theme comparison] || Older elmentary || [] || Ideas for students writing ||
 * Stephanie Hayward || []

Rachel Messer Strategies: K-5: Various sites, including what parents and teachers can do to help students with writing. [] [] [] Assessment: []