Mastering the Mechanics: Grades 4-5: Ready-to-Use Lessons for Modeled, Guided and Independent Editing

by Linda Hoyt, Teresa Therriault

Overview

At last, a collection of smart, breakthrough lessons that help you teach your students all the essential editing skills they need to create successful, polished writing. Each grade level specific book features a Year Long Planner that helps you chart your instruction across the school year, an indispensable Skills Continuum that identifies the skills your students should know at each grade level, and a years-worth of smart, easy-to-use lessons that focus on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and the use of conventions in writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545194501
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2008
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Linda Hoyt, M.A., is a thirty-year veteran classroom teacher, reading specialist, Title I teacher, Title I Coordinator, staff developer, and curriculum developer. Her special love is creating environments where fiction and nonfiction literacy thrive and children are empowered as readers, thinkers, and decision makers. She is currently working as a full-time author and consulting teacher supporting staff development in districts across the country. Linda has written numerous professional books and video programs, including Revisit, Reflect, Retell; Snapshots;Make It Real: Strategies for Success with Informational Texts; Spotlight on Comprehension; Navigating Informational Texts; Comprehension Strategies; Guided Reading Grades 3-6; and, Literacy Lessons for Interactive Read Aloud.