Structured Steps to Writing
Writing instruction taught the way you teach reading.
Explicit, systematic writing instruction for 1:1 and small group. 15 minutes a lesson. Everything scripted.
Explicit, systematic writing instruction for 1:1 and small group. 15 minutes a lesson. Everything scripted.
"What do you use for writing?"
It's the question we hear more than any other. And for a long time, we didn't have a good answer either.
Reading has a roadmap. Sounds, syllables, morphology, each one taught explicitly, one step at a time. Writing often gets a prompt and a blank page. So we spent years piecing things together for our own students.
Structured Steps to Writing is the roadmap we wished we'd had. Every skill is taught directly, practiced right away, and built on in the next lesson. It all starts with one sentence.
Short previews from real lessons. Each one is about a minute long.
Twelve units in three tiers, one journey. Students start where they are and move forward when they're ready.
Building sentences. From capital letters and end punctuation to combining and expanding ideas.
Paragraph writing. From a single paragraph to a planned essay.
Full essays across genres. Where the whole sequence has been heading since the first sentence.
Every unit comes with the same complete package. 15-minute lessons, built for 1:1 and small group.
Fully scripted lessons with SAY, DO, and ASK for every step. No planning required.
Worked examples and fresh practice for every lesson, print-ready and photocopiable.
Sort cards, word cards, and sentence strips for students who learn by moving and touching.
A baseline and a final for every unit, with scoring guides and growth analysis.
Each tool is taught explicitly when a student is ready for it, then carries forward through every unit that follows.
Beats the blank page.
Builds every paragraph.
Catches every error, in order.
Opens and closes with confidence.
The CAMPS and SPARK+SORT organizers are also sold on their own. See them in the shop
SSW started the way most good things do: out of necessity. After years of piecing together writing instruction for our own students, we built the resource we wished had existed. Everything in SSW has been used in real 1:1 and small group sessions before it was ever packaged for anyone else.
Learn more about us →The Placement Screener takes about 20 minutes, scores automatically, and tells you which unit to begin with.
See the screener ($36)Every unit, bundle, and organizer set is in the shop, with what's inside each one.
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