This page contains technology links and resources for each of the six traits of writing.

K-1 Teacher Tasks

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  Investigating the Six Traits K-1 Teacher tasks.docx
  

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  K-2 Holdrege November 23.pptx
  

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2-4 Teacher Tasks

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  Investigating the Six Traits 2-4 Teacher tasks.docx
  

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  Personal Narrative 2-4 Holdrege.pptx
  

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Traits for Primary Writers

• Writing Fix for Primary Teachers

Ideas

• Use Picture Prompts

  • Flickr
  • Getty Images
• Build Yourself Wild
• The Story Starter Jr.
• ToonDoo

Organization

• Graphic Organizers

• Types and Examples of Transitions
  • Types of Transitions
• Use a picture prompt and have students write beginnings or endings for the picture. Capture their ideas on a Google Doc.
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  Organization K-2 Graphic Organizer.pdf
  

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  Beg Middle End Graphic Organizer.pdf
  

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Voice

• Idiom Site
• The Writing Fix
• Giggle Poetry
• Skype
• Skype an Author

Word Choice

• Wordle
• Concrete Poetry
• Instant Poetry Forms
• Synonyms for said

Sentence Fluency

• Owl Moon
  • Writing Fix Sentence Fluency Example
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  Ways to Begin.doc
  

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  Ways to End.doc
  

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Conventions

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  Dot and Say Conventions Activity K-2.pdf
  

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  Green Red Light Conventions Activity K-2.pdf
  

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  Orange Square Conventions Activity K-2.pdf
  

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