Handwriting
Writing Practice Builds Literacy
Building Writers
Writing practice has a positive impact on reading, enhancing a student’s ability to read text accurately, fluently, and with comprehension.* With a developmental approach to writing, an intuitive design, and everything for supplemental writing practice all in one activity book, Building Writers is an easy-to-use activity book for increasing literacy.
Customizable Writing Templates
FAR ANALS
• D evelops essential writing skills with crosscurricular topics
You have a farm! Write which animals you would have and why. Use the information below to help write your opinion.
If I had a farm, I
would have
• R educes prep time with ready-to-teach lessons • I ncludes narrative, information, and opinion/argument writing practice
sheep, wool
WHALE & SALON COPARSON Complete the chart. What do both animals have in common? What is different?
SHOWN SEQUENCE
- mammal
- fish
- breathes air with lungs
- breathes in water with gills
- warm-blooded
Sequence is the order of events in a story. Writers show the order of events by using transition words. Write a short story matching the illustrations below. Use transition words to show the order of events.
chickens, eggs
- cold-blooded
- has fins and tail
- has fins and tail
- swims in water
- swims in water
Only whale:
Only salmon:
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A baby bat
learns to fly.
Pandas eat bamboo.
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I think rabbits
Patrick scored.
are good pets.
Baseball helmets
T he crowd
are very hard.
cheered!
Sacajawea helped
general, I led
I think soccer
Clark Expedition.
an army.”
My first
is the best
the Lewis and
Gandhi was
W hen I visit D.C., I want
leader.
Monument first.
to see the Washington
an inspirational We knew we had reached
fishing trip
team sport.
T he Vasa warship sank on its
the U.S. when we saw
was a success!
maiden voyage.
the Statue of Liberty.
Humpback
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