Program Components: Write Traits® Classroom Kit
Write Traits Kindergarten
Teacher's Guide:
Strategies for teaching writing, writing process lessons, activities for kinesthetic learning, and suggestions for classroom structure and management.
Big Book:
Writing activities for whole-class or small-group instruction.
Spanish Rubric Package
Six rubrics and two teaching posters in Spanish for grades K-2.

Each grade-level specific kit includes:
Teacher's Guide:
with step-by-step instructions, trait-specific lessons, and detailed revision guidelines and rubrics;
Student Traitbook:
copymasters filled with 6-trait definitions, lessons, writing models, and activities (also available as consumable Traitbooks);
Ready-to-use Transparencies:
featuring student writing models (organized by trait) for group analysis and discussion;
Posters:
displaying the Revision Checklist, traits summary, and writing rubrics (posters are 22" x 38");
6-Trait Self-Adhesive Note Pads:
for indicating the traits reviewed, making comments, and recording student paper scores (five 3" x 3" pads included);
6-Trait Writing Pocket:
a convenient folder for storing student writing (one sample for the teacher).
Available Separately
- Student Traitbook (10-pack)
- 6-Trait Self-Adhesive Note Pads (5-Pack)
- 6-Trait Writing Pocket
- Teachers Resources CD-ROM contains Student Traitbook pages, sample papers, and rubrics from the Teacher's Edition
- Spanish Resources include six rubrics and two teaching posters in Spanish
Trait-specific lessons offer a variety of sample papers and writing models to give students practice in assessing writing using the six traits and to help them become better assessors of their own writing.