Discover the Deck
Discover the Deck includes student writing book, teacher's resource manual. Suggested grade levels
are 2 and 3.
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The Discover the Deck student writing book thoroughly guides young authors through every phase of the writing process. Written by Gary Kass and Len Tomasello from Fairfield and Weston, Connecticut, Discover covers the four major writing modes: narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive. Each phase of the writing process--prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, conferencing, and publishing--is taught in a style that makes sense to young children.
Key features:
Discover the Deck Teacher Resource Book
- An opening unit that enables students to see themselves as writers with many stories to tell as they examine their lives through drawing, list-making, and completing a ME-web
- Five prewriting strategies to help students focus--talking to a friend, drawing pictures, making a list, using a story web, and writing questions
- Practical strategies for revising, proofreading, and editing stories
- A structured research unit
- Mini-lesson pages
- A personal word bank
- A writer's notebook
The Discover the Deck Teacher Resource Book provides teachers with background information about the writing process and practical, teacher-tested, research-based strategies for teaching the student text. It is an easy-to-follow book that allows flexibility and choice but also enough structure for the teacher who is a "novice" in using the writing process.
Key features:
- A thorough explanation of seven principles for teaching the writing process
- Organizing, managing, and beginning a writing process classroom
- Guidelines for regular and frequent writing conferences
- Teaching skills through mini-lessons
- Letters to parents explaining the writing process, responding to your child's writing, teaching skills through writing, helping your child become a better writer, spelling, and assessment
- Holistic and analytic scoring guides
Reasonable Prices:
Catalog # Student Text #75ST--10 or more copies $10.95 each; 1-9 copies, $12.95 each.
Catalog # Teacher Resource Book #75TR--$25.00 for individual copies; with an order of 25 or more student books, the price is $10.00.
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