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Mini-Lesson & Teaching Strategy Websites

http://thetraits.org/lessonplans.php
Free & downloadable mini-lessons sorted by trait and by grade-level appropriateness. These are fabulous!

http://www.6traits.cyberspaces.net/6traits/mini.html
Teachers submitted their most effective mini-lessons to this website. Each is free and downloadable.

http://www.6traits.cyberspaces.net/6traits/strat.html
Although not entire mini-lessons, teachers suggest strategies to work with individual traits.

http://www.toyingwithwriting.com/TWW/Home.html
Nancy Herta has published two books full of motivating mini-lessons! Toying With Writing and Toying With Writing Two outline mini-lesson strategies that utilize children’s toys (crayons, Matchbox car, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, etc.) as lesson triggers. The books also identify the 6-Traits connections for each mini-lesson.

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