Developing Writers Series, K-4
Writing is Elementary, Responding to Text and Narratives

About Developing Writers

Exemplars Developing Writers material can be used for assessment, instruction and professional development.

Developing Writers gives both teachers and administrators a way of assessing students' writing and communication skills. It can be integrated into your existing curriculum to facilitate both assessment and instruction.

Our Developing Writers material features:

Classroom-tested performance tasks
Rubrics that define the student work that meets today's standards
Annotated student benchmark papers
Rich teaching notes to guide instruction and assessment
Alignments to national, state and provincial standards

Exemplars rubrics define what student work meets today's standards. Our annotated benchmark papers identify distinctions to look for when assessing student performance and promote student self- and peer-assessment.

The most powerful form of professional development occurs when teachers work together to assess student performance and discuss student work. This experience ties together assessment, curriculum and instruction. Exemplars material supports this process.

"Students are amazed at how they can lift their levels of achievement by following the rubric and knowing what is necessary for all levels."

A Title I Teacher

Developing Writers Series, K-4

The Developing Writers series is a systemic guide for grades K-4, created to help children become more effective writers. Bookmarks: Responding to Text, and Bookmarks: Narratives are currently available. Each module includes the guide, Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write.

These resources offer classroom-tested lessons that are designed to provide success for students at all cognitive levels.

Material includes:

Scaffolding of instruction: whole-class modeling, guided practice and independent writing
Scoring rubrics
Annotated benchmark papers
Graphic organizers
A bibliography of recommended books

For more details, please click here.

Future modules will focus on reports!

ordering code:
DWRT* (Responding to Text)
DWNAR* (Narratives)
DWSET* (Responding to Text and Narratives)

* Note: Includes the guide, Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write Back to top

Reading, Writing, Research (RWR), 5-8

A collection of hard-copy materials, this publication is an exploration of standards-based learning in the content areas of Language Arts, History and Social Studies.

RWR provides:

Performance tasks for the middle grades 5-8
A rubric developed to incorporate the best national and international standards
Annotated student benchmark papers
Integration of both learning opportunities and student performance in standards-based Language Arts, History and Social Studies
A digital library of tasks

ordering code: RWR1 Back to top


Developing Writers Series, K-4 Writing is Elementary, Responding to Text and Narratives Reading, Writing, Research (RWR), 5-8	About Developing Writers Exemplars Developing Writers material can be used for assessment, instruction and professional development. Developing Writers gives both teachers and administrators a way of assessing students' writing and communication skills. It can be integrated into your existing curriculum to facilitate both assessment and instruction. Our Developing Writers material features: Classroom-tested performance tasks Rubrics that define the student work that meets today's standards Annotated student benchmark papers Rich teaching notes to guide instruction and assessment Alignments to national, state and provincial standards Exemplars rubrics define what student work meets today's standards. Our annotated benchmark papers identify distinctions to look for when assessing student performance and promote student self- and peer-assessment. The most powerful form of professional development occurs when teachers work together to assess student performance and discuss student work. This experience ties together assessment, curriculum and instruction. Exemplars material supports this process.	"Students are amazed at how they can lift their levels of achievement by following the rubric and knowing what is necessary for all levels." A Title I Teacher
	Developing Writers Series, K-4 The Developing Writers series is a systemic guide for grades K-4, created to help children become more effective writers. Bookmarks: Responding to Text, and Bookmarks: Narratives are currently available. Each module includes the guide, Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write. These resources offer classroom-tested lessons that are designed to provide success for students at all cognitive levels. Material includes: Scaffolding of instruction: whole-class modeling, guided practice and independent writing Scoring rubrics Annotated benchmark papers Graphic organizers A bibliography of recommended books For more details, please click here. Future modules will focus on reports! ordering code: DWRT* (Responding to Text) DWNAR* (Narratives) DWSET* (Responding to Text and Narratives) * Note: Includes the guide, Writing is Elementary: Teaching Young Children to Write Back to top
	Reading, Writing, Research (RWR), 5-8 A collection of hard-copy materials, this publication is an exploration of standards-based learning in the content areas of Language Arts, History and Social Studies. RWR provides: Performance tasks for the middle grades 5-8 A rubric developed to incorporate the best national and international standards Annotated student benchmark papers Integration of both learning opportunities and student performance in standards-based Language Arts, History and Social Studies A digital library of tasks ordering code: RWR1 Back to top