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Launching the Writer’s Workshop, 3rd Edition
Each lesson includes:






Scaffold Comprehension Instruction: A Flapbook of K-12 Skills

Teachers are able to use the book to build a scaffold of mini-lessons that focus on the six ways to think about texts:







Writing Genre Poster Set
The Writing Genre Poster Set includes one of each poster:





Trait Trackers
Each mentor text card tells you what skills you can teach for that text, gives examples of those skills in action, and lists what page in the book to find each example.
Trait Trackers help K-12 teachers:



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Parent Strategy Cards

Talk Moves Mini-Poster Set

Close-Reading Questions

Think, Ink, Pair, Square Mats

Serving Up Synthesis

Comprehension Voice Signs
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