Homeschool Resource and Freebie of the Day - 39 Clues

              
Two of my kids are avid readers, one not so much, but recently they have discovered the 39 Clues Series.  I am loving it because these are Scholastic Books and I am a big fan of scholastic and not to mention there are a bunch of them so they have something new to look forward to.  I recently got an email with a fabulous surprise!  On Tuesday April 5th at 1:00pmEST, Scholastic and 39 Clues will be holding a Live Webcast geared to grades 3 thru 6 to learn about the Traits of Writing featuring educator and writing expert Ruth Culham along with bestselling The 39 Clues authors Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Linda Sue Park, and Jude Watson, with a video featuring Rick Riordan(my daughters favorite author)!  You can GO HERE to get all the info and sign up your classroom.  Learn to identify the traits of good writing within the thrilling passages from The 39 Clues and inspire your students with an insider’s look at writing from the authors of The 39 Clues.  Discover essential strategies for developing skills in each trait.  To help you along the way you GO HERE where you will find an awesome Free Writing guide for educators to use with the book series to teach the traits of writing, including: 
*Ideas
*Organization
*Voice
*Word Choice
*Sentence Fluency
*Conventions
*Presentation
What a gret way to get kids interested in writing!  Check it Out!