Explore strategies that help students overcome the prior knowledge problem in writing.
An evidence-based writing curriculum has a new importance in today’s rigorous standards. Designed to address the demands of the standards, Ready Writing interweaves the writing standards with grade-level science and social studies themes to develop thoughtful, analytical writers. Through teacher-led instruction that fosters independence, students engage actively with source texts, learning to research for evidence and acquiring writing strategies that last for life. Our research-based writing curriculum’s strong teacher support simplifies implementation with in-class, step-by-step strategies and tips to help students become fluent, fluid writers. The program:
Available in Grades 2–5, Ready Writing’s program resources are flexible enough to be integrated into any literacy curriculum, including Ready, and offer comprehensive teacher support that makes it powerfully simple to implement in any English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum.
Designed specifically to meet the more rigorous new writing standards, the Student Instruction Book makes writing from sources—including opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative—central to learning. Engaging lessons use a gradual-release model to guide students through their research and enable disciplined writing.
Ready Writing is flexible enough to seamlessly integrate into your literacy curriculum. The Teacher Resource Book gives teachers valuable in-class support that offers guidance, tips, and activities to reach learners at all levels, including English Learners.
A perfect complement to Ready Writing, Teacher Toolbox for ELA is a digital collection of instructional resources that supports educators in differentiating instruction for students performing on, below, or above grade level. Regardless of the grade they teach, subscribers get access to our full range of resources to support Writing and Reading instruction for all grade levels.
*For educators from K–12 educational institutions only.
Explore strategies that help students overcome the prior knowledge problem in writing.
“We are happy with the program and the successes it has shown us on local assessments.”
—District-Level Administrator, K–8, NY
Get a visual map of the journey students go on as they learn to write from sources.