CHOICE BOARDS
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for elementary students are perfect for summer writing…
TEACHING RESOURCE
In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…
Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…
ACTIVITIES
This no-prep writing activity packet includes everything you need for introducing and teaching character traits in…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…
Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
REFERENCE
Kids fill-in autobiographical information in this worksheet to tell others about themselves. Use this worksheet at the…
WORKSHEETS
Use writing prompts to get children's imaginations and writing skills flowing. This is a sample page from the Gr. 1-4…
The foundations of journalistic writing are examined here, including a focus on the "5 W's and 1 H" and the difference…
Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This printable is customizable.…
Use this printable to have students create their own back to school Mad Libs® stories. Students supply key words (nouns,…
Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…
LESSON PLANS
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…
An essential graphic organizer for all ELA classes! Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with…
Encourage students to observe details by asking specific and pointed questions about various works of art.
Help students identify main idea and supporting details with this printable graphic organizer. This printable is…
Students set goals for themselves for this school year.
Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree with your class.
This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in three paragraphs. It's…
Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…
Use this teacher model to teach your students how to write descriptions in their writing. The packet includes: a sample…
A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the writing process.
In this worksheet your students will learn how to write the letter A in cursive. Then they will practice writing words…
