Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 2 Teacher Edition

by Evan-Moor Corporation

Overview

Give your second-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become strong and successful writers! Thanks to engaging art, topics, and activities, even primary writers can practice the six traits of writing.

25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:

Ideas
Week 1: Choose a Good Topic
Week 2: Add Details
Week 3: Choose Better Details
Week 4: Stick to the Topic
Week 5: Review

Organization
Week 1: Put Things in the Right Order
Week 2: Beginning, Middle, and End
Week 3: Group Together Ideas and Details
Week 4: Group by How Things Are the Same or Different
Week 5: Review

Word Choice
Week 1: Use Strong Verbs
Week 2: Describe the Action
Week 3: Use Adjectives
Week 4: Use Exact Nouns
Week 5: Review

Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Write a Sentence
Week 2: Write Longer Sentences
Week 3: Fix Run-on and Rambling Sentences
Week 4: Combine Choppy Sentences
Week 5: Review

Voice
Week 1: Use Formal and Informal Language
Week 2: Use Different Writing Styles
Week 3: Create a Mood
Week 4: Write from Different Points of View
Week 5: Review

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

About Evan-Moor
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596732872
Publisher:	Evan-Moor Corporation
Publication date:	09/01/2008
Series:	Daily 6-Trait Writing
Edition description:	Teacher's Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	7 - 8 Years

About the Author

Evan-Moor has been providing high-quality, creative, and engaging PreK–8 educational resources for teachers and parents since 1979. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by providing teachers and parents with the resources they need to cultivate a love of teaching and learning. Our award-winning content is created by highly experienced educators, aligned with the most current standards, and available across the curriculum.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	2
	The National Geography Standards	4
Week 1	Parts of a Map	6
Week 2	Globe Lines	10
Week 3	The Four Hemispheres	14
Week 4	A Map Grid	18
Week 5	Lines of Latitude and Longitude	22
Week 6	Map Coordinates	26
Week 7	A Robinson Projection Map	30
Week 8	A Mercator Projection Map	34
Week 9	Picturing North America	38
Week 10	Picturing the World	42
Week 11	A Road Map: Montana	46
Week 12	The Saint Lawrence Seaway	50
Week 13	A Physical Map: Washington	54
Week 14	Mountains and Deserts of the United States	58
Week 15	Waterways of the United States	62
Week 16	A Physical Map: Canada	66
Week 17	A Physical Map: Mexico	70
Week 18	A Physical Map: South America	74
Week 19	Regions of the United States	78
Week 20	Regions of Canada	82
Week 21	The Region of Central America	86
Week 22	Regions of the United Kingdom	90
Week 23	A National Symbol: Washington, D.C.	94
Week 24	A Cultural Landmark: Yellowstone National Park	98
Week 25	Climate Zones of the United States	102
Week 26	The Arctic Tundra	106
Week 27	Twenty Largest Cities in the United States	110
Week 28	A Cultural Map: National Football League	114
Week 29	A Product Map: Nebraska	118
Week 30	Boroughs of New York City	122
Week 31	Time Zones of the United States	126
Week 32	Sharing the Colorado River	130
Week 33	A Tourist Map: Florida	134
Week 34	The Top Ten Oil-Producing States	138
Week 35	A History Map: The United States in 1861	142
Week 36	A City Plan	146
	Glossary	150
	Map Transparencies