Writing Skills Made Fun

Reproducible games, puzzles, and manipulatives that can teach young readers learning styles to sharpen their essential writing and grammar skills are included in this creative collection of activities. Illustrations. plus poster.

The Comma-Cupboard Game, Homophone-Hunt Crossword Puzzle, and Color-the-Capitals Riddle Game are just a few of the easy, reproducible games and manipulatives in this fun-packed collection of activities that teach and reinforce writing and spelling skills. Topics include capitalization, periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, quotation marks, apostrophes, and spelling. Plus: proofreading checklists, review sheets, and a BIG, colorful punctuation poetry poster! Book jacket.

Contains strategies, activities, mini-books, and games designed to help students in grades two through four master hundreds of difficult words.

Discover the secrets to becoming an amazing author. - Find your creative spark - Grow your skills and confidence - Have more fun with your writing Packed with top tips, this awesome workbook has everything you need to know about creating colourful characters, perfect plots, dynamite dialogue, and lots more.

Help children of all learning styles and strengths improve their critical thinking skills with these creative, cross-curricular activities. Each engaging activity focuses on skills such as recognizing and recalling, evaluating, and analyzing.

A family mystery full of humour and heart! Twelve-year-old Cooper believes that his grandfather — who is living in a locked Alzheimer's ward — is actually D. B. Cooper, the famous (real) skyjacker who secured a small fortune and vanished in 1971. Cooper sets out to prove his grandfather's true identity and uncover one of the biggest secrets in modern history. What begins as a distraction for a mystery-loving kid becomes a way of proving himself at school and maybe even trying to fix the deepening conflict in his parents' relationship as they all try to cope with the emotional and financial strain of caring for an aging relative. Full of human insight and humour, this is a fast-paced book with an intriguing mystery at its core. With Matson's deft touch, it's also a witty and touching story about family and what we find when we have to face losing those we love.

Combining current knowledge of what works in teaching and learning with the most enduring philosophies of classical education, this book challenges readers to develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and habits of mind of strong writers.