Hit a Home Run with Sports Writing this Spring!

By Jennifer Bujak, Don Johnston Incorporated

jbujak@donjohnston.com

Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters will be making their way into your classroom in early June!  Be the first to receive this great new reading series! This newest addition to the popular Start-to-Finish product line of age-appropriate reading materials for struggling readers addresses the needs of students with cognitive disabilities and students with beginning reading skills. Check out more information on our website: http://donjohnston.com/catalog/stflsfrm.htm

Here are a few of the first stories from the first series:

Sports- Safety and Success

Other popular Start-to-Finish Sports titles include:

Home Run Heroes -Gold Library
Ali: The Greatest -Gold Library    
Fight for Your Life:
   The Story of Rubin Hurricane Carter -Blue Library
Remembering Sweetness:
   Walter Payton and the Bears -Blue Library
The Race Inside Me: Story of Wilma Rudolph - Blue Library    

Don't forget your Co:Writer 4000 Topic Dictionaries!

If your students are writing about sports, let them download their Topic Dictionaries, to be sure that their writing is a hit! Let's of dictionaries are available for sports writing including baseball, hockey, soccer and New this month- Michelle Kwan!

www.donjohnston.com/downloads/

Do your students have a personal sports hero? 

Download the Heroes Report Draft:Builder template to get them well on their way to writing about their favorite sports star!

www.donjohnston.com/downloads/

Heroes Report Template Description: Includes prompts about the background information of the person, as well as why this person is considered a hero.