You asked for it, you got it! Due to popular request, the Culham Writing Company has developed a new 6 Trait Writing stamp. Simply stamp the student paper and write in the scores.

In these fabulous "crates," you get grade-level perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing—ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
Each crate comes with teaching guides, each with a step-by-step model lesson, graphic organizers, a scoring rubric, and extension activities; 12 transparencies; and 6 colorful teaching posters. Also included in each crate is a copy of the text "Using Picture Books to Teach Writing With the Traits."

In this amazing kit, you get grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing—ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.

The fourth-grade version includes 6 picture books: A Bad Case of Stripes; The Mud Pony; Wolf!; My Mama Had a Dancing Heart; Come On, Rain!; and When Comma Came to Town. Plus six 16-page teaching guides, each with a step-by-step model lesson, graphic organizers, a scoring rubric, and extension activities; 12 transparencies; and 6 colorful teaching posters.

In this amazing kit, you get grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing—ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.

The fifth-grade version includes 6 picture books: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street; A. Lincoln and Me; Dear Mrs. LaRue; Blood & Gore Like You've Never Seen!; Black Cat; and Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman Plus six 16-page teaching guides, each with a step-by-step model lesson, graphic organizers, a scoring rubric, and extension activities;12 transparencies; and 6 colorful teaching posters.

Providing constructive feedback on writing is essential for helping students improve their skills. With this time-saving tool, you'll have more than 100 just-right comments at your fingertips. Correlated with student-friendly scoring guides-also included-and organized by trait, this easy to use booklet provides responses to writing at three different levels of achievement. The comments give students direction on where to focus their attention and what strategies to try as they revise or begin a new writing project.

This big, informative flip chart is a student-friendly guide to the traits.  For each trait, you'll find a definition, writing tips, a scoring rubric and two model essays (low- and high-scoring samples).  The large print and oversize pages make it perfect for mini-lessons, small-group work, conferences, and more.  The ideal companion to any trait-based writing classroom.  For use with grades 3-5.