Let's Write!

Unlock your child's potential with Let's Write! This interactive workbook teaches kids to master report writing by asking the right questions. Encourage critical thinking and build confidence with these valuable skills. Empower your child to excel in all areas of their education. Chapter videos and in-text, fillable exercises are included.  There is an answer key at the end of the workbook.

Common Core Standards Alignment

The content aligns with the Writing (W) and Language (L) strands of the Common Core State Standards.

1. Text Types and Purposes (Writing)

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1 / W.5.1 / W.6.1: Write opinion pieces/arguments on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. 
  • Alignment: Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 cover gathering information for and organizing persuasive letters and essays, including using an "Order of Importance" format.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2 / W.5.2 / W.6.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
• Alignment: The workbook provides specific instruction on writing essays, book reports, and research papers. It teaches students to organize information by category, location, and comparison.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3 / W.5.3 / W.6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
  • Alignment: Chapter 6 focuses on Creative Writing, defining plot, setting, and theme, and requiring students to write their own short stories.

2. Production and Distribution of Writing

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4 / W.5.4 / W.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Alignment: The workbook introduces the five-paragraph essay format as a primary tool for organization and covers identifying the intended audience.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5 / W.5.5 / W.6.5: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
• Alignment: Chapter 2 is entirely dedicated to Pre-writing, teaching students how to take notes and plan their projects before drafting.

3. Conventions of Standard English (Language)

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.F / L.5.1: Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
• Alignment: Chapter 3 includes specific exercises for recognizing and fixing run-on sentences and building complex sentences using conjunctions.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.E: Form and use prepositional phrases.
• Alignment: Exercises in Chapter 3 require students to make sentences more interesting by adding prepositional phrases.