Writing lessons

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…

Are you looking for writing topics for kids that can be used in the classroom? We have compiled a list of fun and creative writing topics for students.

Simple tips for improving writing in your second or third grade classroom. These tips are a must if you want better writers!

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. Whenever I talk to fellow teachers about what they HATE teaching… it always seems to be writing. Why is that? I theorize that it’s because writing is very personal. There’s no cut and dry methods that work for ALL students. It is also time consuming to teach AND especially […]

Writers of all levels need to practice their writing skills. See and discover some tips and prompts to help you focus on your writing 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

These are my favorite, and most effective, ways of teaching writing to elementary students. You may decide that teaching writing is

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Five writing mini lessons for middle and high school ELA #SentenceFluency #MiddleSchoolELA #HighSchoolELA #MiniLessons

My students are always using and referring to different writing tools. I created these individual writing toolkits with lots of free writing resources.

Check out this procedure writing freebie. This 'how to' writing worksheet helps students write about how to make popcorn!

In this blog post you will find five mini lesson, in the order I would teach them, for your next informational writing unit. These mini lessons have been created based on standards and using common struggles students face with this type of writing.

These ideas for writing across the curriculum make writing practical and fun. Love how project-based writing let kids write in the ways they learn best.

I know I throw around the word favorite all the time. But this is the truth: teaching creative writing lessons is my favorite. I have taught creative writing enrichment for summer school students. I have taught creative writing in various homeschool settings and co-ops. I have taught big students and little students. And I love …

Using Jamboard templates for writing has been a game changer for my writing mini-lessons. It's easy to get students particpating and hold them accountable with these Jamboards for ELA.