An integrated writing program teaches on-demand and process writing.

✍️Part 1: On Demand Writing

Students practice writing in response to reading during the read-aloud and book club units. Writing frames scaffold the work allow all students to be successful.

Writing prompts include:

• Retell summaries that summarize a small portion of text,
• Synthesis summaries that summarize the full text and attend to thematic thinking,
• Turning point summaries arguing the central message of the text,
• Compare & contrast writing,
• Cause & effect writing,
• Problem, solution & opinion writing.

Writing frames guide students in how to organize their writing and use transition words.

💻Part 2: Process Writing

Students practice the writing process in integrated writing units. The books in the reading program serve as mentor texts. Students learn the writing process and publish writing.

Writing modes include:

• Realistic Narrative,

• Historical Narrative,
• Expository/Research Writing,
• Persuasive Writing,
• Argumentative Writing,
• Literary Analysis, and
• Other Culminating Projects.

✏️Part 3: Grammar and Spelling

We recommend supplementing the writing units with Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics, a grammar and spelling program published by Zaner-Bloser. This program is available for grades 3–5.

We provide a scope and sequence to demonstrate how to incorporate these grammar and spelling lessons to create a comprehensive writing program!

Narrative and expository writing units help students draft, revise, edit, and publish their own writing. To teach the units, you will need a 30 minute writing block, 2-4 days a week.