Writing Skills Activities for Special Children

by Darlene Mannix

Book Overview

Now available in lay flat, paperback edition, here's the book you need to help elementary students with special needs develop basic writing skills, relate writing to real-life tasks, and explore writing as a creative, enjoyable event The book includes 135 step-by-step lessons and 269 illustrated activity sheets. It moves from copying words and completing sentences to processing the writing reports and stories, from filling out necessary forms to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787978841
• ISBN13: 9780787978846
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Lifesaver for learners who see the world a little differently

This book is EXACTLY what we need right now. With my younger son, who is now in 3rd grade and is a bit dyslexic and has some language processing difficulties, we are working our way through the very beginning of the book. Spelling is extremely difficult for him, and though I've been a long-time believer in phonics, the exercises for 100 "little words," which are mostly sight-word spelling and usage, is right up his alley. For my son who is in 5th grade, we're about a quarter of the way through the book. He has an odd mix of strengths and weaknesses, and I'm using the book as a resource to analyze where he's lacking in his writing and basic English skills. Actually, this book really goes beyond simply writing skills: it covers some grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and other language skills, too -- especially in the earlier lessons. I am a homeschooling mother; we're in our 8th year homeschooling. Many resources that are written for classroom instruction do not work well in a homeschool setting, but this book is PERFECT. It has helpful, simple, yet thorough instruction to the teacher, and reproducible worksheets for the student.

Writing Skills Activities for Special Children

This is an awesome instructional tool for teachers. It breaks down the writing into manageable categories that are easily understood by the students. I will continue to use this in my resource junior high English classes.

An excellent resource

Writing Skills Activities for Special Children is an excellent resource for teaching children who need extra focus on individual components of writing. Exercises range in level/focus from sentences, to paragraphs, to various longer composition styles, to other writing-related skills, such as note-taking. The book is designed as a supplemental resource book for focus on targeted skills, but the lessons are so nice to have that I sometimes wish it was expanded and formatted as a complete curriculum. I am using this with my special needs child in home school.

Not just for Special Education!

I am a special education teacher and this book is awesome! It is huge and has a TON of activities on writing words, sentences, and paragraphs. I got it along with "Let's Write!" by Cynthia M., M.Ed. Stowe, but if I had to choose one it would definitely be this one! This is the best book for a huge variety of writing practice pages that can easily be copied. This book makes writing so much easier for children! Don't think it can only be used for special education either! As a teacher, I have bought a lot of books to help me teach a variety of skills and this is easily in my top favorites!