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Books

Do you need classroom curricula for teaching English language arts, 21st century skills, or social-emotional learning? Check out these high-quality books created by the team that brought you Writers INC and Write Source!

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Writers Express

A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners

The new Writers Express is the perfect resource to help 4th and 5th grade students become better writers, readers, test takers, and learners. This student handbook overflows with writing guidelines, models, checklists, tips, and much more. The 2016 edition includes updated student models and follows the latest state standards.

Learn more about the new Writers Express.

“I am a teacher of students in grades 4–5, and all of my students love your handbook. When I asked them why, they said, ‘It’s colorful, easy to use, and full of great stuff .’”

—Searfoss Elementary
Johnstown, Ohio

Write for Business

A Guide to Writing and Communicating in the Workplace

Whether you are preparing students for college and career or are a workplace writer yourself, you need Write for Business! Check out the free, online Write for Business Guide. Optimized for viewing on any screen from smartboard to smartphone, this business-writing handbook is perfect for classroom instruction as well as for guidance throughout your workday.

Inquire

A Student Handbook for 21st Century Learning

The Inquire student handbook and teacher’s guide teach 21st century skills, traditional study skills, the inquiry process, and project-based instruction. Students gain skills that help them in all classes and make them ready for college and career.

Learn more about Inquire Elementary, Inquire Middle School, and Inquire High School.

“Learn skills that are real. Inquire changed my perspective on education.”

Oliver Schinkten

Oshkosh North High School

In Focus

Improving Social and Emotional Intelligence One Day at a Time

These teaching resources contain hundreds of 10-15 minute lessons that help your students develop their social and emotional intelligence.

Learn more about In Focus (Grades K-2), In Focus (Grades 3-5), and In Focus (Grades 6-8).

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Developing educational resources for more than 40 years

1976

The authors begin with Basic English Revisited, a handbook for high school writers.
1976-2021

Thoughtful Learning is a team of teachers, writers, and designers committed to bringing you high-quality teaching materials. You may know us by one of our other names—Write Source or UpWrite Press. By whatever name, we’re the same core team that has been working for 40 years to help you and your students. Check out our time line:
2017

The authors update The Writing Spot, giving kindergartners many fun pages on which to write, draw, color, and learn.

Write One is a colorful handbook that encourages first graders to write about themselves and their world, with a skillsbook for extra practice with letters, words, sentences, and punctuation.
2016

Online writing units use instruction, examples, models, activities, and interactives to lead upper-elementary students through forms from paragraphs through essays and reports.

The new Write Away and its skillsbook help second graders develop strong writing, reading, and language skills.

The new Write on Course 20-20 handbook and skillsbooks fully update the classic middle-school program, Write Source 2000.

All Write helps middle school students catch up and thrive, whether English is their first or second (or third) language.

New editions of the Write on Track handbook and skillsbook help 3rd grade writers and teachers.
2015

The authors of Writers Express revise and update their classic 4-5 handbook and skillsbooks, aligning them to the new standards.
2014

A set of 2-12 products helps teachers Shift to the Common Core.
2013

The K-8 In Focus series presents hundreds of 10-minute activities to improve social and emotional intelligence.
2012

The Inquire 4-12 handbooks help students gain 21st century skills.
2011

The work text Write for Work teaches students workplace writing skills.
2011

The second edition of the Write for Business handbook helps workplace and government writers.
2010

The authors start work on COMP, Write 1 and 2, and Fusion, which guide college writers.
2010

The middle-school writing handbook Write on Course replaces best-selling Write Source 2000.
2009

The best-selling handbook The College Writer reaches its 3rd edition. (It’s now in its 5th edition.)
2009

The authors complete their K-12 Write Source series.
2006

The Writing Spot and Write One complete the handbook line, K-college.
2006

A revision of Writers INC updates the classic high school writing handbook.
2002

The authors create Write Away for second-grade writers.
2000

The previous edition of the Writers Express 4th grade handbook is published.
1995

The authors celebrate a new millennium with Write Source 2000, a handbook for middle school.
1995

Houghton Mifflin creates Great Source to handle the whole line of Write Source materials.
1990

The classic yellow-covered Writers INC launches a new revolution in writing handbooks.
1976

The authors begin with Basic English Revisited, a handbook for high school writers.
1976-2021

Thoughtful Learning is a team of teachers, writers, and designers committed to bringing you high-quality teaching materials. You may know us by one of our other names—Write Source or UpWrite Press. By whatever name, we’re the same core team that has been working for 40 years to help you and your students. Check out our time line: