Quick writing activities

Use these 35 fun and easy first grade writing prompts +12 bonus ideas with your kids and help them improve their writing and reading skills!

Does your child get anxious as they start a writing assignment when they're staring at a blank sheet of paper? StoryBuilders is a wonderful tool for answering the question most homeschool moms have heard, "what

You're in the middle of your writing block during the day and students are sitting at their desks (maybe on the floor or in bean bags dis...

Mrs. Warner's first week in first grade and how she uses quick writes in a writing journal.

Check out these no prep writing crafts. This blog post talks about these fun and engaging writing prompts, which are ideal for Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade students. These craftivities are great for writing lessons, writing centers, or writer's workshop. They are seasonal and fun for kinder, first grade and second grade (spring, summer, fall, and winter). There are digital options too. Each craftivity is perfect for bulletin boards, as well as arts and crafts and literacy lessons…

Harness the power of the RACES writing strategy to transform your students into more proficient writers. I've got the best...

A teaching blog post on teaching narrative writing to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade! Tons of teaching tips and ideas including narrative writing anchor charts with examples, sentence starters and transitions, writing prompts, and graphic organizers. Includes ideas for teaching writing skills like small moments writing, building characterization, writing strong narrative hooks and leads, and writing types of narrative endings. Great for writer's workshop with elementary students in 1st to 3rd…

Copy work - 1st grade English handwriting homework

Hi Friends! Confession time…writing is my LEAST favorite subject to teach. I know, I know…teachers shouldn’t have favorites! In all seriousness, teaching writing to first graders was not my favorite subject to teach. I was in a place where I thought, “If it’s boring to me, isn’t it boring for them?” I desperately needed to spice things up. That year I made it my professional goal to improve my writing instruction. I spent time reading, researching best practices and developing a system that…

Do you love having quick activities available for when your little ones only have a spare minute or two? That's what these writing sticks are for! Children simply grab a stick, copy the sentence and choose between the given words to fill in the blanks. Great for pairs or individual work. If the sentence is too hard to read they can still write the sentence and then read it together with a more advanced student or adult when they're done. Simply print off the free download (with 28…

The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to…

We are finally turning a huge corner in our homeschool when it comes to writing! This year, my 1st and 2nd grader (pretty equal in their writing abilities) are starting to write more on their own. I'm excited to share some creative writing project ideas we've been doing that don't feel like school! They've actually

Got a reluctant writer on your hands? Adding some silliness can be a great way to liven things up and increase your child's interest in writing. Try this free, printable writing activity today and get ready to laugh!

Are you looking for a way to help your early elementary students with their writing? K-2 students need a lot of support and guidance when it comes to writing skills for kids. Inside my blog, you will learn about my primary writing checklist. It will help the writing skills for primary students. I love that my students can be independent with writing activities. Teaching writing in elementary school has never been easier with this writing checklist for first grade.

Keep students engaged in writing all year long with these fun and easy digital journal prompts Perfect for first and second grade these no prep prompts work great for morning meetings or independent writing activities With 190 ready to use prompts and 229 morning meeting slides these digital journals make writing a breeze in the classroom. Find out more on digital journals here today!

Hamburger paragraph for 2nd grade writing . Includes Topic sentence , details and closing sentence

Help the kids how to stretch a sentence

Create a classroom of writers with these fun writing activities for middle school students! There's something for everyone!