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10 Best Mentor Texts for Narrative Writing
Narrative writing will be present in all of your elementary school classrooms. Starting in Kindergarten, students will be writing (or telling) stories about themselves. Each
8 Best Mentor Texts for Opinion Writing
In many classrooms, opinion writing is the first form of writing that is covered. It may seem simple for students to share their opinion, but
Teaching Students to Master Peer Editing in Writing
Peer editing is an incredibly important part of the writing process. And, although it seems simple, peer editing is a skill that takes practice. Fortunately,
How Pre-Writing Can Help Your Students
The pre-writing process is an important step in creating a well-rounded writer. Pre-writing allows students a chance to brainstorm, make writing decisions, and organize their
How to Teach Sentences to Students
Teaching sentences will be a big part of your language instruction! From simple to complex, sentences are woven into a large part of your language
How to Teach Revising and Editing Practices
Hello, again! Today’s blog post is discuss how to incorporate revising and editing practices in your classroom. Revising and editing skills are instrumental to your
How to Teach Informational Writing
In my third installment of how to teach Common Core aligned writing units, I’m going to discuss teaching informational writing. The last couple of weeks,
Teaching Narrative Writing Tips and Activities
Last week, I walked you through how I thought Opinion Writing should be taught! Today, you’re going to get teaching narrative writing tips. Like the
Teaching Opinion Writing Tips and Activities
Today, you’re going to get a bunch of teaching opinion writing tips. I’m going to what best practices I think you can follow. I hope
Warming Your Kids Up for Writing Block
Have you guys heard of bell-ringers? If you have, it was likely for middle or high school, or even 4th and 5th grade when students
All About Integrating Writing in Math
This blog post is all about integrating writing into your primary math block. The examples will include tips for teaching students how to respond to
Community Helpers and Labor Day in the Primary Classroom
Teaching Labor Day is very beneficial in the primary classroom because it starts giving your students an early appreciation of community helpers and workers! I’ve
Making Writing Fun with Interactive Writing Activities
Today’s blog focuses on making writing fun and interactive for students using interactive writing activities. I am going to outline the three big types of
Comparing Fictional Stories
The comparing fictional stories standard was a lot of fun to teach. We covered two comparisons of book sets seen here below. The RL domain
Community Helpers Unit Shared Research & Writing Project
Our first grade classes just finished up our community helpers unit and we had a blast! We decided to take this social studies unit and
