Journal for Writing Across the Curriculum
Primary Package - Grades K–2

Writing to Win Journal for Writing Across the Curriculum—Primary uses nineteen journal strategies to help students articulate with precision what they are learning in any classroom lesson. The strategies are explained concisely in the introduction, and each promotes a different critical-thinking pattern. The primary journal includes strategies for beginning writers.

The remainder of the journal provides space for 180 journal prompts for a typical school year. The journal prompt thus becomes the responsibility of the teacher and allows the teacher options for students to write about. The scope & sequence follows that of major published textbooks and satisfies the national standards. One journal strategy is introduced and practiced before a second is introduced, then the strategies are varied to insure variety in writing experiences and suitability to specific topics. There is room for one journal entry on each page, and there is space on each page for an optional journal prompt. We encourage teachers to be creative in their choice of the topic prompt, but to use the same strategy if at all possible. There are also suggestions in the Teacher's Manual for additional topic prompts.

The journal is divided into 8 sections of 22 entries with a Log of Entries preceding each section. The log serves as a paper trail of what students have used for a 4½-week instructional period. It helps students see at a glance what they have met in class and gives them immediate access to each entry in that section. The Log of Entries also provides easy access for teachers as they review students' growing ability to "talk about their studies" with precision.

Teacher's Manual Package contains:

Teacher's Manual

• Rationale for writing in all classes
• Description of critical thinking journal strategies
• Simple, effective system for helping students assess and log their performance
• The journal pages
• A scope and sequence of journal entries

 

Table of Contents

Writing to Win Coaching DVD/VHS for Journal Writing—featuring the language Dr. Combs uses to assure that students think critically in each of their journal entries

Management Wall Charts - A Log of Entries for Teacher Expectations and A Guide for Writing in Your Journal

Student Book (sold separately) contains:

• Rationale for writing in all classes
• Simple, effective system for helping students assess and log their performance
• The journal pages