Backwards Planning for Success with Writing is a K-8 comprehensive toolkit to support implementation of a school-wide writing campaign. This easy-to-use handbook is based on teaching writing through the gradual release model of instruction. Icons for each phase of the model: I Do-You Watch, We Do-You Help, You Do-I Help, and You Do-I Watch, are used throughout to signal to the teacher the level of scaffolding suggested.

The toolkit includes the following for all the taught standards K-8:

• Suggested lesson plans for six week cycles of instruction
• Rubrics and kid-friendly checklists
• Graphic organizers
• Student-friendly “how to” charts for each genre
• Academic language frames where needed
• Mini-lessons on specific techniques of writing
• Anchor papers as exemplars

What’s new in the new edition:

• 150 pages of additional writing tools, mini-lessons, and writing project ideas have been included from teachers around the state
• Each genre-specific section now includes a suggested six week plan for teaching
• 100+ photos from classrooms show the strategies in action
• Standards-based rubrics and student checklists now are included in teacher and kid-friendly versions
• Suggestions for scaffolding instruction for English learners are included throughout the book

This handbook was built from the last 10 years of consulting with schools around the state.