Free Handouts and Manipulatives

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 Conference Materials from Writing Camp 2010

• Camp Bag Logo
• Name Sheet
• Super Writer Sheet
• Journal Titles
• Writing Skills
• Flashlight/Mountaintop
• Scoring Stick
• Writing Camp Camera
• Writing Camp Camera Film

Conference Materials from IRA 2009

• Vocabulator Instructions
• Young Writer's Survival Kit

The Astonishing Journey of Teddy Bodain

• Handouts for the Teddy Bodain Satchel
• Teddy Bodain's Map
• Covered Wagon Pattern
• Narcissus by Ethelbert Nevin (YouTube video)

Conference Materials from IRA 2008

• Abracadabra! Classroom Magic
• Chunking Your Word Wall

Conference Materials from Florida Writes Amazing Race

• Race Around Florida
• Race to the Finish game board
• Race cars
• Treasure Hunt
• Paperdoll for Magnetic Panorama
• Principal's Checklist

Other Handouts and Manipulatives

• Punc-"shoe"-ation!
• Writer's Toolbox
• Sizzling Vocabulary Ring Words
• Read-O-Meter
• Revision Road Race
• Bag Words
• Alphabet Card & Magic Cards
• Eight Kinds of Words Kids Need to Start Writing
• Narrative and Expository Tents
• Narrative Expository Storyboard Questions
• Teacher's Writing Plan for Success
• Twenty Critically Important Writing Target Skills
• Really Cool Transitional Phrases, Beginnings, and Endings
• Intermediate Writing Workshop
• Primary Writing Workshop
• Cheese Checker

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