Here is the link to the grade-specific resources you can use with your students:
Trait Space
If
prompted for a username and password, the username is traits and the
password is...HINT: think about the title of the series (or just ask
Miss Schin).
Ruth Culham, the creator of Traits Writing, has a webpage through Scholastic:
Ruth Culham's Traits Writing
Here is another site about Ruth Culham, which lists her other publications. We have both
6 + 1 Traits of Writing books in our professional library.
Ruth Culham Resources
Here are some videos you can watch about Traits Writing:
Video #1 - An example of a 6-year old's story, using Traits Writing
Video #2 - Conventions rap
Video #3 - Songs about each writing trait
The following are links to books that can help teach each writing trait:
Writing Fix (all 6 traits)
Cowboy Camp (sentence fluency)
Alice the Fairy (voice)
Smekens Education Solutions (All 6 Traits)
The Napping House (organization)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (voice and ideas)