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The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals.You can think of the goals as the what, writes Jen, and the strategies as the how. From composing with pictures all the way to conventions and beyond, you'll have just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll:develop individual goals for every writergive students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craftcoach writers using prompts aligned to a strategypresent mentor texts that support a genre and strategyadjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tipsdemonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Languagelearn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors.She even offers suggestions for stocking your writing center, planning units of study, celebrating student writing, and keeping records.Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's Work on Writing, a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers.I am convinced that helping kids to articulate clear goals for their work, writes Jen Serravallo, and supporting them with strategies and feedback to accomplish those goals, makes a huge difference. With The Writing Strategies Book you can make that kind of difference with your writers every day.

The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers by Jennifer Serravallo is an essential resource for educators who want to help their students become skilled writers. This comprehensive guide is packed with practical strategies, tools, and techniques that can be used to improve writing skills in students of all ages and levels.

Serravallo begins by providing an overview of the writing process, from brainstorming and planning to drafting, revising, and editing. She then offers specific strategies for teaching each step of the process, including how to help students generate ideas, organize their thoughts, and write clear and concise sentences and paragraphs.

Serravallo also includes a wealth of resources and activities that can be used in the classroom to support writing instruction. These resources include graphic organizers, writing prompts, and mentor texts that can help students learn from the writing of others.

Key Features of the Book:

• Comprehensive Coverage: Covers all aspects of the writing process, from brainstorming to publishing.
• Practical Strategies: Provides specific strategies and techniques that can be used in the classroom to improve writing skills.
• Resources and Activities: Includes a wealth of resources and activities that can be used to support writing instruction.
• Grounded in Research: Based on the latest research on writing instruction.
• User-Friendly: Written in a clear and concise style with helpful examples and illustrations.

The Writing Strategies Book is an invaluable resource for educators who want to help their students become skilled writers. This comprehensive guide is sure to become a go-to resource for teachers of all grades and levels.