CraftPlus® K-8 Writing Program from Maupin House Publishing Inc.

Core writing curriculum with a difference! The spiraling and differentiated writing curriculum organizes writing skills grade by grade—embedding differentiation. The focus is on explicitly teaching general descriptive and genre-specific Target Skills® in a systematic and scaffolded way that uses student, teacher, and literature models. Included are writing process, writing craft, and grammar skills with an emphasis on critical informational genres.

Teachers get the daily support they need within a unified school- and district-wide approach.

CraftPlus creates independent writers who love to write and teachers who understand how to teach writing in the 30- to 45-minute writing workshop or as an authentic comprehension and assessment strategy for content-area studies.

CraftPlus is flexible and modular. Depending on what you need, CraftPlus can be:
● A writing remedy for a K-8 grade level of concern
● The daily writing guide for one or more grade-level teachers
● A differentiated school-wide curriculum that focuses on assessed informational genres
● A foundation for an intensive, on-site, writing staff PD program
● A district-unifying approach to writing instruction

Purchase what you need! Just $199 for each grade-level Teacher Pack.

Program components
● K-8 Teacher Packs
● 16-DVD Reference Set with viewing guide
● Staff Development Package
● Grade-level Mentor Text Bundles

Additional Maupin House titles that support CraftPlus Customized PD
● School-based CraftPlus PD support
● District CraftPlus support
● Writing workshop professional development topics

Quick CraftPlus overview
● CraftPlus approach
● Target Skills
● What CraftPlus looks like in the classroom
● About the DVDs
● CraftPlus genre map

This core instructional tool includes a grade-level Daily Writing Lessons with 180 days of desk-level support and assessments; the Curriculum Guide with Target Skills arranged in four differentiated levels; planning, instruction, and assessment tools; and two integrated professional resources.