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Plan SRSD writing cycles without the stress.
Everything tutors or parents need to run strong, collaborative informational writing cycles—prompts, sources, TIDE charts, and leveled exemplars—ready to go.
The Problem
If you tutor or homeschool using the thinkSRSD™ approach, writing cycles are hard to plan.
You’re expected to:
- Find appropriate topics
- Track down readable, engaging sources
- Create prompts that actually work
- Guide creation of TIDE planners
- Model strong responses at different levels
And you’re doing this outside a school curriculum, often with limited prep time.
Why This Is So Frustrating
So what happens?
- You scramble right before sessions
- Writing gets pushed aside for “easier” activities
- Students don’t get consistent modeling
- thinkSRSD strategies work, but implementing them feels overwhelming
- You know what good instruction looks like—but planning it every week is draining
The stress isn’t teaching writing.
It’s planning writing.
The Solution
I built the resource I needed as a tutor.
Collaborative Writing with SRSD Strategies is an open-and-go toolkit designed specifically for tutors and parents.
What’s Included
- Instant digital PDF download (printable + digital use)
- 5 high-interest informational writing topics
- Prompts aligned to thinkSRSD-style instruction
- Carefully leveled student exemplars
- Completed sample TIDE chart
- Support for modeling, discussion, and gradual release
- Student friendly scoring sheets
- Student bookmarks with scoring rockets
- A clear “how to use this” structure for tutors
No scrambling. No reinventing lessons.
Just show up and teach.
Who This Is For
Perfect for:
- EBLI tutors moving into longer writing pieces with their students
- Tutors and parents looking for thinkSRSD writing resources
- One-on-one or Small-group instruction
- SRSD-style or thinkSRSD-inspired teaching
- Teachers who want strong models without creating them from scratch
Not designed for:
- Full-year classroom writing curricula
- Teachers looking for scripted daily lessons
What You’ll Walk Away With
When you use this resource, you’ll be able to:
- Look forward to tutoring with a stress-free, collaborative writing plan
- Stay on track with the writing cycle across multiple tutoring sessions
- Boost your students’ writing through clear, strong exemplars
- Help students score their writing and set goals
About the Creator
I’m a reading and writing tutor who works with students outside traditional classroom settings. I use thinkSRSD™ strategies because they work—but I needed a way to make them practical, repeatable, and sustainable in real tutoring sessions.
This product is the system I created to make writing instruction calmer, clearer, and more effective—for students and tutors.
More Reading and Writing Resources
Looking for additional reading and writing tools or future releases?
You can explore all of my current resources on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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