Bridge to Writing

Meet Bridge to Writing

Bridge to Writing is a comprehensive K-3 writing curriculum that cultivates strong writers through research-based instruction, making writing lessons easy for teachers and engaging for students.

This one-of-a-kind curriculum seamlessly supplements your existing ELA curricula to teach sentence writing and paragraph development fundamentals, elevating writing skills and grammar proficiency in your classroom.

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Bring Pen to Paper…and Beyond!

Easy-to-Implement

Lessons are easy to follow, require minimal prep time, and directly connect teachers to digital resources and videos helping them to implement the curriculum with fidelity.

Comprehensive

Bridge to Writing is the only writing curriculum to combine grammar concepts with writing process instruction, providing a comprehensive writing solution for K-3 classrooms.

Explicit, Systematic, and Sequential

Using a sequential and systematic method of instruction it teaches the fundamentals of writing and the writing process, starting with sentence structure and scaffolding from simple to complex.

Engaging Multimodal Instruction

Instruction goes beyond pen and paper providing students with a variety of learning opportunities including skywriting, fine-motor activities, hands-on instructional strategies, and interactive digital applications.

Research-Based and Standards-Aligned

Bridge to Writing is grounded in the latest research on how children learn to read and write and aligned to state and national writing standards. Learn more about the research base here.

Supplements Existing Curricula

Bridge to Writing seamlessly complements your existing ELA curricula to teach sentence writing and paragraph development fundamentals within :30 minutes of instruction.

Bridge to Writing Components

Teacher's Editions

Thirty weeks of lessons for grades K-3 provide teachers with explicit instruction pairing grammar concepts and writing process instruction.

Student WRITE Books

WRITE books—Wonderful, Ready, Informed, Talented, Encoders—provide student with opportunities to apply what they've learned during whole group instruction.

Teacher Resource Book

An educator's writing instruction toolbox, the Teacher Resource Book provides writing models, rubrics, checklists, and more!

Sentence Construction Cards

The building blocks for writing—including Bridge to Reading Red Words, nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns, articles, punctuation)—these hands-on resources give students a multisensory way to explore writing.

Writers In the World

Introduce students to real-world professionals and the ways they apply writing skills in their daily lives, from speechwriters to playwrights and beyond!

Anchor Charts

Engaging visuals reinforce concepts including What is Writing?, Sentences Types, Writing Genres, Parts of Speech, Writing Process Steps, and more.

myHeggerty Digital Resources

myHeggerty unlocks instant digital access to Bridge to Writing resources, including digital lesson plans, classroom interactives, on-demand professional development, and more!

Customer stories

I love how the writing starts with students writing about what they know before going into more difficult concepts. I love the ease of the grammar pages and it allows my students to feel successful. My teacher heart is so appreciative of the rubrics for EVERY writing task!

Lura G., Second Grade Teacher

I like how fast it is. I can get the lessons completed in about 20 minutes which feels developmentally appropriate to me. I also love that the program teaches what a sentence is from the beginning.

Caitlin R., Kindergarten Teacher

I like how Bridge to Writing immediately has students working with conventions. The writing prompts are precise, so even my most emergent writers know what to write and can feel successful.

Kim A., Kindergarten Teacher

I love the pacing. The grammar pieces are so important as well as integrating the writing process to produce independent writers.

Paige B., First Grade Teacher

I love that I am able to follow a progression of skills and to know where to start!

Shamoria W., First Grade Teacher

I have liked the simple nature of each lesson and the flexibility to make it authentic for my learners.

Meagan B., Second Grade Teacher

Grounded in Research

With input from Academic Consultant Dr. Gary Troia, Bridge to Writing is grounded in the latest research on how children learn to read and write, including the work of Joan Sedita, Anita Archer, Natalie Wexler, and more.

Digital extensions provide opportunities to expand teacher knowledge as the research base evolves, securing your investment for years to come.

Dr. Gary Troia

Academic Consultant

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Aligned to Standards

Bridge to Writing not only covers state standards and CCSS Writing and Language Standards but goes above and beyond to equip students with essential writing skills for future grades.

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