The "Ideas" part of writing helps the reader understand the information and follow what the writer is saying by putting thoughts in order and have a beginning, middle and end.

Week 1

Trait Skill: Put things in the right order

Convention Focus: Complete sentences

Instructional Videos: 

Organization Trait - Week 1, Day 1

Organization Trait - Week 1, Day 2

Organization Trait - Week 1, Day 3

Organization Trait - Week 1, Day 4

Organization Trait - Week 1, Day 5

Week 2

Trait Skill: Beginning, Middle, End

Convention Focus: Possessive nouns

Instructional Videos: 

Organization Trait - Week 2, Day 1

Organization Trait - Week 2, Day 2

Organization Trait - Week 2, Day 3

Organization Trait - Week 2, Day 4

Organization Trait - Week 2, Day 5

Week 3

Trait Skill: Group together ideas and details

Convention Focus: End punctuation

Instructional Videos:

Organization Trait - Week 3, Day 1

Organization Trait - Week 3, Day 2

Organization Trait - Week 3, Day 3

Organization Trait - Week 3, Day 4

Organization Trait - Week 3, Day 5

Week 4

Trait Skill: Group by how things are the same or different

Convention Focus: Compound sentences with ‘but’

Instructional Videos: 

Organization Trait - Week 4, Day 1

Organization Trait - Week 4, Day 2

Organization Trait - Week 4, Day 3

Organization Trait - Week 4, Day 4

Organization Trait - Week 4, Day 5

Week 5

Trait Skill: Review

Convention Focus: Using ‘is’ and ‘are’

Instructional Videos: 

Organization Trait - Week 5, Day 1

Organization Trait - Week 5, Day 2

Organization Trait - Week 5, Day 3

Organization Trait - Week 5, Day 4

Organization Trait - Week 5, Day 5