Writing strategies

Teaching kids to write strong beginnings to their personal narratives has always been challenging. And then I found this Uh-mazing anchor chart on Pinterest: Turns out it is from one of my favorite blogs! Stephanie at Third Grade Thoughts wrote about using her chart here. She wrote about it way back in March before I started following her. Thank you for posting exactly what I needed 7 months before I even needed it! I made my own copycat anchor chart. The first day I introduced the…

Make the walls of your classroom work for you and your students! Ideas for planning a Writing Wall that will truly support your little writers.

Hello Everyone!! Happy New year to all of you! The end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 have been very emotional for me. We started off our winter break visiting my son, Jordan in Indiana. He has m

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Strategies for Writing a Story Beginning ~ Free lesson activities for teaching students to write a hook for their narratives.

Thank you for viewing my editing and revising pack! I have used these two strategies with my students for awhile. They write the letters at the top of their paper and cross them off as they complete each step. I hope you can use them in your classroom too! I have include a single sheet with both...

Teaching Fourth: Informational Writing Tips- Writing Introductory Paragraphs

First Grade Editing Set. "This is part of the free editing set from First Grade Wow. For kindergarten, I use it to show what they can do (smiley face in the check box) and what their newest personal challenge is (I highlight the check box). They keep it in their writing folders. It helps differentiate learning and gives each student focus. There are many other useful pages in the packet, too."