Get Ready for School: Writing Skills

by Stella, Heather

• ISBN13: 9780316502559
• ISBN10: 0316502553
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2017-05-30
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

Better writing skills help children do their best in any subject. Get Ready for School: Writing Skills goes beyond improved letter formation to make sentence structure, word types, punctuation, and storytelling easy and fun.

This laptop workbook comes with a handy wipe-off board and a dri-erase pen that will help kids in grades 1 thru 3 master the most important skill: communicating effectively!

Get Ready for School: Writing Skills provides children with the building blocks needed to write sentences, then paragraphs, and eventually complete stories. This spiral bound laptop workbook includes tons of activities that will help young writers practice their new-found skills. The packed pages feature exercises that will teach and reinforce the following concepts:

• punctuation
  
• sentence structure
  
• parts of speech
  
• three types of writing: narrative, opinion, and informative
  
• parts of a story, sample stories, and story writing prompts
  

As a bonus, the book's perforated pages can be assembled into an "all about me" book that's personal to each young writer. Get Ready for School: Writing Skills is designed to go with your family wherever you go, complete with wipe-away practice space and dri-erase pen. Write on!

Author Biography

Heather Stella is a teacher and holds a masters degree in elementary and special education. She has written more than a dozen titles in the Get Ready for School series, including Get Ready for First Grade: Spelling, Writing, and Reading and Get Ready for School First Grade Laptop Workbook. She lives in Warwick, NY.