1st Grade Writing

Summer Writing Practice Choice Board for Elementary Grades

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

Letter-Writing Lessons & Tips

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Report Card Comments & Phrases: General and Handwriting

CLASSROOM TOOLS

Handwriting Report Card Comments & Phrases

Use these handwriting report card comments and phrases to ease the report card crunch. Easy to modify and tailor to…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

Penmanship

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Shared Writing

In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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Journaling

Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…

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Journaling Tips, Strategies & Topics

Letters, Journals and Diaries

Writing

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Five Elements of Plot Graphic Organizer for Language Arts

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Five Elements of a Plot

Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…

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Language Arts and Writing

Reading and Literature

Reading Comprehension

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Life in the Sea

Use writing prompts to get children's imaginations and writing skills flowing. This is a sample page from the Gr. 1-4…

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Science

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Write Your Own Mad Libs®

Use this printable to have students create their own Mad Libs® stories. Students supply key words (nouns, adjectives,…

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Grammar

Writing

Creative Writing

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Writing Aloud

Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Main Idea: Chrysanthemum

Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.

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Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Reading and Literature

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My Friend Writing Printable

Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…

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Teaching Otis by Loren Long

Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Help students identify main idea and supporting details with this printable graphic organizer. This printable is…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree

Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree with your class.

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Writing Workshop

A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the writing process.

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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ACTIVITIES

30 Fun Activities For Teaching Writing At Home Themed Packet

Teaching kids how to write can be difficult in the best of circumstances. It can be hard. It can be frustrating. It…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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Author's Chair: ELA Teaching Strategy

Author’s Chair is the final step in the writing process. Read our guide to learn about this strategy, its purpose, and…

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Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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GAMES AND APPS

Mad Libs® Teacher Guides (Gr. 1-6)

Learn how you can use Mad Libs© in your classroom to teach reading and language arts. These activities are a fun way to…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

Creative Writing

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Establishing the Main Idea

An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of individual words, sentences,…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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25 Ways to Motivate Young Writers

Improve students' writing skills with these 25 ways to motivate young writers.

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Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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ACTIVITIES

Sequence Cards

The story is out of order! Arrange the sentences in the correct sequence.

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Grammar

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Journaling with The Sun, Wind, and the Rain

This lesson, to be completed after reading The Sun, the Wind, and the Rain, has students practice their journaling…

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Journaling Tips, Strategies & Topics

Letters, Journals and Diaries

Writing

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Writing Conferences

The writing conference is a one-on-one strategy, that takes place between the student writer and the teacher.

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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WORKSHEETS

A Visit to Outer Space Writing Activity

Try a printable creative writing activity that focuses on fantasizing about life on other planets.

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Space and Astronomy

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Friends: Same/Different

In this writing activity, students describe how they are similar to and different from their friends.

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Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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