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1. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement
   This book follows the development of emergent and beginning writers as they explore the power and joy of written communication.
2. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Finding the Artist Within: Creating and Reading Visual Texts in the English Language Arts Classroom
   Discover ways to integrate visual arts and technology in your English language arts classroom.
3. Professional Development | Grades   4 – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Intermediate Writing, Grades 4-6
   This book contains 40 minilessons specifically tailored for helping intermediate students learn to write.
4. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
   Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing
   With full recognition that writing is an increasingly multifaceted activity, we offer several principles that should guide effective teaching practice.
5. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Reading and Writing Nonfiction Genres
   This practical, hands-on text shows how to teach nonfiction to elementary students.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Setting the Stage for Creative Writing: Plot Scaffolds for Beginning and Intermediate Writers
   Want to foster creativity and originality in student writing? This practical guide shows how plot scaffolds can be used to help beginning and intermediate writers.
7. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing
   It's been said that mediocre writers borrow while great writers steal. Teach your students to be great writers with over 90 practical ideas for using mentor texts and the traits to teach informational, narrative and persuasive writing to elementary students.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 5  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers
   This practical text outlines various ways to enhance and enrich writing instruction through the use of children's literature.
9. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Violent Red, Ogre Green, and Delicious White: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
   This article reports on the meaning potential of daily access to drawing/writing media for widening and deepening meaning construction.
10. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Write Now! Empowering Writers in Today's K–6 Classroom
    Writing instruction is front and center in today's classrooms. Gain insights from field leaders who provide ideas for using mentor texts, digital tools, vision and choice in writing workshop, multi-genre projects, and more to engage and grow today's diverse learners.