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Company/Product Overview
Writing A–Z is a dynamic website offering a comprehensive collection of downloadable lessons and materials in five main writing genres: expository, narrative, persuasive, procedural, and transactional. These resources are organized into writing units and individual materials to supplement your current curriculum. Writing A–Z is among the family of Learning A-Z websites.

Mission
To be the leading provider of affordable, high-quality, Internet-delivered curriculum resources for educators, students, and parents.

Copyright
Learning A-Z owns the rights to all of the materials on the Writing A–Z website.

Leadership
Robert Holl, co-founder and Vice-President of Publishing, has many years of experience in educational publishing. He began his professional career as a classroom teacher. He has served as Editor-in-Chief for Addison-Wesley and Scott Foresman publishing companies, and was Vice-President of Product Development for The Wright Group.

Contributors
Writing A–Z lessons and materials are written by individuals with K–6 experience, and are reviewed and/or field tested by an expert team of teachers and educational consultants.

Adria F. Klein, Ph.D

Doctorate, Reading and English as a Second Language: University of New Mexico
Professor Emeritus, Reading Education: California State University
Reading Recovery Trainer: Saint Mary's College
Coordinator, trainer, researcher: Foundation for Comprehensive Literacy Learning
Author: professional and children's books
Former President: California Reading Association
Board of Directors: International Reading Association (1997–2000)

Connie Ramsey

National Board Teaching Certification in Literacy
Past President, WORD, Washington state chapter of the International Reading Association
Master's, Guidance and Counseling: University of Idaho
Bachelor's, Special Education: Ohio University
Principal Certification: Gonzaga University
National Board Certification: Program participant
Trainer: Classroom teachers (at-risk students), nationwide
Past Chair, Language Arts Committee (K–6 reading adoption): Mead School District, Spokane, WA
WORD Leadership in Reading Award: Washington State University
Reading specialist: Mead School District, Spokane, WA
Resource Room teacher: Mead School District, Spokane, WA
Reading demonstration teacher: Mead School District, Spokane, WA
Teacher, Gifted and Talented: Mead School District

Katherine Follett

Master's, Fiction Writing: Emerson College, Boston, MA
Bachelor's, English: Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Former teacher: Expository Writing, Emerson College
Educational writer

Anya Hansen

Master's, Curriculum Development and Instruction: National Louis University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor's, Education: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Former teacher: First, Third, and Fifth grades
Educational writer

Faye Inglis

Master's, Curriculum and Instruction/Education: University of Texas, Austin, TX
Bachelor's, Education: University of Texas, Austin, TX
Teacher, Kindergarten (30 years experience): Bee Cave Elementary, Austin, TX
Advisor: Science Advisory Committee, Lake Travis ISD, Austin, TX
Advisor: Umbrella Advisory Committee, Lake Travis ISD, Austin, TX
Former advisor: Austin Independent School District Kindergarten Advisory Committee

Kelly Martz

Master's, Education: Ohio State University
Bachelor's, Education: Ohio State University
Teacher, Fourth and fifth grade English/Writing: Columbus Grove Elementary

Carol McClellan

Master's, Education: State University of New York at Geneseo
Bachelor's, Elementary Education: State University of New York at Geneseo
Teacher, First grade: Boliver-Richburg Central School, Richburg, NY
Former teacher: Second grade

Beth Perry

Pursuing Master's, Curriculum Instruction and Assessment: Walden University
Bachelor's, Education, Early Childhood Endorsement: Arizona State University
Primary Teacher (1–3), ESL, Modified Dual Language (12 years): Phoenix, AZ
Academic Intervention Specialist/Coordinator
Century 21 After School Program Co-Coordinator

Rachel Robicheaux

Bachelor's, Education: Central Connecticut State University
Title I Coordinator: Horn Lake Intermediate School, Horn Lake, MS
Former teacher: Fourth and Fifth grades

Elizabeth Strauss

Bachelor's, Education: Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Educational writer (25 years)
Former teacher: First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth grades

Sister Sites
In addition to Writing A–Z, the following are among the family of Learning A-Z websites that provide online curriculum resources.

The Reading A–Z website currently offers more than 2,200 professionally developed downloadable books (including English, Spanish, and French versions) and thousands of quality teaching and learning materials. New books and materials are added regularly. Launched in January 2002, Reading A–Z now has more than 108,000 members worldwide and has won a number of educational awards for its innovation in reading instruction. Among the awards are a 2004 Parents' Choice Recommended Award, a 2006 Teachers' Choice Award, and a Global Learning Initiative Award.

In addition to the K–6 market, Reading A–Z materials have found widespread use at a range of grade levels in special education and special needs, remedial reading, ESL and ELL, and foreign language.

Vocabulary A–Z is an online vocabulary list builder that allows you to customize vocabulary word lists and vocabulary exercises by dozens of topics and categories, including English vocabulary, math vocabulary, science vocabulary, and social studies vocabulary, as well as word functions, such as adjectives, verbs, and antonyms. Vocabulary A–Z solidly supports the vocabulary pillar of No Child Left Behind and recommendations by the National Reading Panel.

Raz-Kids Talking Books is ideal for emerging and challenged readers. The website offers interactive, animated, audio books and quizzes for students as well as an online management tool for teachers to build a roster, assign books, and monitor student reading activities.

Reading-Tutors is a easy-to-use collection of research-based resource packets. Each of the 400 packets contains everything tutors need to help developing readers gain key literacy skills in the following areas: alphabet, phonological awareness, phonics, high-frequency words, fluency, and comprehension.

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Learning Page
Learning Page offers a free collection of thousands of printable instructional materials, such as lesson plans, activity sheets, and other activities.

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