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Getting Started with 6 Traits
Although there is no one right way to begin the marriage of assessment and instruction in your classroom, what follows are some words of wisdom shared by teachers and schools across the country and world. They are not in any hierarchical order so browse away, select a few that are most meaningful for you and your students right away and go for it.

Recording record for 6 Traits and Formative assessment strategies

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Rubrics for scoring 6 traits - primary

Kid friendly rubrics for 6 traits
http://www.mpsaz.org/falconhill/teacherresources/filecabinet/files/rubric-6-1_writing_sf.pdf

6 Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers For Use With Grades K-2 WritingAssessment 
http://moodle.cesa10.k12.wi.us/pluginfile.php/146506/mod_resource/content/0/6_1_Traits/Grades_K-2_Rubric.pdf

Beginning Writer’s Continuum (BWC) Education Northwest beginning writer's rubric
http://schools.nyc.gov/documents/d75/ais/BWC.pdf

Santa Rosa, CA. rubric for primary writers. 6 traits

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Primary Grade K-3 6+1 Resources

6 traits icons rationale
http://www.highland.k12.in.us/cms/lib04/IN01001438/Centricity/Domain/214/6plus1%20traitsRationale.pdf

6 traits icon posters / these can be printed  (Scroll down and click on the link to open the icons in order to print.
http://www.smekenseducation.com/introducing-the-6-traits.html

6 traits songs with icons
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Instructional resources for 1-3rd grade 6+1
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/mini.html

Writing Traits: Traits for Primary Writers... Our Nevada Print Guide and Teacher Workshops 
sharing materials from Northern Nevada's teacher inservices and print guideshttp://writingfix.com/traits_primary.htm

6+1 Trait® Writing Lesson Plans (Early Elementary K-4
http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/traits/lessonplans.php?d=1&search=1&grade=2&trait=0

Writing Fix -6 traits lessons for primary writers
http://Writing Traits: Traits for Primary Writers... Our Nevada Print Guide and Teacher Workshops

Poster for Voice - Let your voice be heard

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Teaching Voice - primary grades  
http://1001teachers.wikispaces.com/Teaching+Voice




The Literate Learner - 6 Traits
http://www.literatelearner.com/6traits/page_template6t.php?f=main


Anchor papers for Kindergarten/ click on each paper to see a full size version.
To help your students better understand what good writing looks and sounds like in your classroom, begin utilizing anchor papers (also known as exemplar papers, benchmark writings, or writing samples - See more at: 

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Stretching Ideas in the Primary Grades

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Organization - Strengthen student titles

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Create simple flap books for organization /6 traits

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Organization post-its
http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Trait_Post_Its_Organization.pdf

Organization / Beginning, Middle and End
http://msk1ell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/beginning-middle-end.html

More strategies for teaching organization
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2010/03/few-weeks-ago-i-posted-about-writing-trait-ideas-week-i-want-get-little-

Power Point presentation
LES

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AES

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