Tonawanda+Summer+Institute-ELA

Check out some of the links below. These may help you as you create your writing units over the next three days. If you have more web-sites to add, please do!

[|The official 6+1 Traits Website] Trait Specific Rubrics can be found [|here.]

[|6 Traits Mini-Lessons]

[|Picture Book Ideas]- This web-site has a bibliography of different picture books to use for the traits.

[|Teaching that Makes Sense]- Great resources for not only writing, but reading as well. There are samples of student writing you might be interested in as well.

[|Sample student writing papers] for grades K-12.

[|Some sample videos] of readers and writers workshop

Some information on the [|writing process], including sample posters and descriptions

[|ABCs] of the writing process for primary grades

Writer's Workshop mini-lessons for the primary grades. Mrs. Meacham has a lot to offer [|here!]

[|Writing Fix]- You will find sample student writing, lessons for different grade levels, information on writer's wrokshop, ideas for teaching students how to write using different genres, and much more.

[|Voice Thread]- One of the technology tools we discussed to use for editing writing pieces...

Wonderful websites for writing [|link.]