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A review by lalaguse
From Striving to Thriving Writers: Strategies That Jump-Start Writing by Michael Salinger, Stephanie Harvey, Sara Holbrook
4.0
This book has fun writing activities for students in the elementary classroom that introduces students to grammar and figurative language vocabulary. What I found to be the most practical use of this book is as an assessment strategy. I could teach how to compose one of the writing tasks mentioned in the book, then teach any of my content (math, social studies, science, language arts, reading), and then re-purpose the writing task to fit an assessment need.
I don't believe that this book geared my middle schoolers for academic focused writing, so I wouldn't purchase this book for that reason (I'd look at Gretchen Bernabei, Graff & Birkenstein, Jeffrey Wilhelm instead). Why I would recommend purchasing this book is if you're struggling to fit in writing within your classroom, teach grades K-5, or are looking for fun mid-unit and end-of-unit assessment strategies that will provide a meaningful takeaway and presentation for your students.
I don't believe that this book geared my middle schoolers for academic focused writing, so I wouldn't purchase this book for that reason (I'd look at Gretchen Bernabei, Graff & Birkenstein, Jeffrey Wilhelm instead). Why I would recommend purchasing this book is if you're struggling to fit in writing within your classroom, teach grades K-5, or are looking for fun mid-unit and end-of-unit assessment strategies that will provide a meaningful takeaway and presentation for your students.