Reading Resources:

• Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP, 2008)
• Joyful Literacy Interventions (by J. Mort)

• Jennifer Moroz, SD 57 Sample Reading and Writing Standards (aligned to redesigned curriculum) Guest post on Adrienne Gear’s Reading Power blog, June 2017
• Profile of Phonological Awareness (Pro-Pa) on the App Store

Writing Resources:

Ruth Culham’s Writing Company: Home of the Culham Writing Co.

Also on:

• Facebook: Traits Writing
• Pinterest: Writing Thief
• Twitter: @Writing Thief

Resource Roadmaps (teaching and assessing):

K-2 (click on the image to see a larger .pdf version or to print a copy)

Gr. 3-5 (click on the image to see a larger .pdf version or to print a copy)

Gr. 6-8 (click on the image to see a larger .pdf version or to print a copy)

Key Qualities of the 7 Writing Traits: helpful organizers from Ruth’s Slides

Additional Resources recommended at the 2017 Joyful Writing Conference:

• Ruth’s Slides
• “Writing is Hot” video and multimedia clips
• Library 
• Writing Thief Book Recommendations for K-2 & 3-5
• Traits Scoring Guides resources (includes student-friendly guides)
• Grading Charts

Workshop Photos courtesy of C. Anderson:

Writing Wallet: (2 pages and a folder)

Sample Sequence Words:

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