Step Up to Writing Grades 6-8 Classroom Set: with access to online resources

Step Up to Writing Fifth Edition is a comprehensive program of multisensory writing strategies that develop students’ ability to create thoughtful, well-written compositions. The solution’s explicit and systematic approach to teaching writing is designed to provide clear strategies, methods, and supports for increased writing success in all content areas. Created for all students, the strategies can be integrated into any curriculum or implemented as a standalone writing solution.

From the most fragile writers to those who are gifted and talented, Step Up to Writing offers content and strategies to meet students at their level and move them forward with variation and differentiation based on each student’s needs throughout 1,100+ strategies, across all four grade bands. Implemented in every grade, Step Up to Writing establishes a common writing approach across grade levels, content areas, and gives all students the benefit of this unique, differentiated, multisensory program.

Why Step Up to Writing?

• Compatibility with any core curriculum
• Flexible implementation options
• Multimodal instruction/Differentiation
• A full body of proven writing strategies
• ESSA evidence level: Demonstrates a Rationale

What's new in the 5th Edition?

Step Up to Writing has been updated to help educators explicitly teach every aspect of writing students need to meet state standards. Strategies not only teach the three text types (informative/explanatory, opinion/argumentative, and narrative) but also many of the standards in reading, speaking and listening, and language and literacy standards in history, social studies, science, and technical subjects. Exciting enhancements educators and students can look forward to include:

• Fully revised Teacher's Guide and Assessment and Implementation Manual to better guide pacing, align to the latest standards, and provide additional differentiation for students.
• New! Accompanying Student Handy Pages are now fully interactive guides for students that allow them to use Handy Pages as a reference in addition to a tool to help build their writing portfolio. Teachers can use them alongside work in the classroom or as a homework tool.
• New! Completely redesigned, intuitive online educator interface. Now teachers can access thousands of resources in Step Up to Writing through an easy-to-use, searchable online platform. The new interface makes it easy for administrators to manage their implementation and saves teachers valuable time finding the tools and resources they need to deliver Step Up to Writing.

The Classroom Set includes both the print and online resources required to teach the program.

Digital Resources

The Classroom Set provides online access for one teacher to the Online Teacher Resources. These resources include:

• the accompanying tools
• baseline and summative assessments
• eBooks
• digital data tracker
• writing prompts
• videos modelling key strategies
• standards alignments
• on-demand virtual training.

Table of Contents

• Teacher Edition (print + eBook)
• Teacher license to the Online Teacher Resources (tools, baseline and summative assessments, eBooks, digital data tracker, writing prompts, videos modelling key strategies, standards alignments, and on-demand virtual training)
• Assessment and Implementation Guide (print + eBook)
• Instructional poster set (16 posters)
• 30 copies of the Handy Pages (one per student)

For implementation with more than 30 students, purchase additional Handy Pages, one per student.