3rd Grade Writing

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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ACTIVITIES

30 Fun Activities For Teaching Writing At Home

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Home Learning

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Spider Map

Arrange a main idea and four supporting examples on a spider map. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your…

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

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,…

Subjects:

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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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…

Subjects

Journaling Tips, Strategies & Topics

Letters, Journals and Diaries

Writing

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Students create postcards that reflect a summer happening. They use a pen name to sign it and the rest of the class has…

Postcards Icebreaker

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Creative Writing

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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Student Proofreading Checklist

Help students to go beyond a spell check by using this in-depth checklist for grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling…

Subjects:

Grammar

Writing

Creative Writing

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ACTIVITIES

Popular Music Research Form

Extra credit project for the lesson Musical Roots.

Subjects:

Music

Writing Research Papers

Musical Groups

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Students learn how to cite sources from the Internet for their essays and papers.

Citing Internet Sources

Subjects

Writing Research Papers

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Fishbone Map: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Help students build their reading comprehension or prewriting skills through organizing main ideas and supporting…

Subjects:

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its historical importance.

Historical Sites Project

Subjects

Speech

American History/U.S. History

U.S. States

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An activity to support students to share how they are feeling the first day of school

ACTIVITIES

First Day of School Thoughts

Use this First Day of School activity to get to know your students and learn more about what they are excited about and…

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Writing

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

Writing Conferences

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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A Visit to Outer Space Writing Activity

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

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Space and Astronomy

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Immigration Picture Prompts

Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent immigrants to America, and…

Subjects:

Creative Writing

Immigration

Visual Arts

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer (2-3)

Text structure is such a hard skill for students to learn. Using these graphic organizers will help students work…

Subjects:

Reading Comprehension

Writing

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Discovering Prepositions 5

Practice identifying prepositions with this worksheet.

Subjects:

Grammar

Writing

Creative Writing

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Favourite Australian Athletes

Who is your favourite athlete? In this printable worksheet, students will research famous Australian athletes, including…

Subjects:

Australians

Athletes

Heroes & Role Models

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Guide to Citing Online Sources

How to format citations for Web sources.

Subjects:

Writing Research Papers

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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Improving Your Study Skills

General suggestions for improving students' study skills.

Subjects:

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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Fill in the Beginning and End of Comic Strips

Try this fun printable activity that helps students practice their writing and creative thinking skills by filling in…

Subjects:

Comics, Graphic Novels, & Illustrated Novels

Creative Writing

Visual Arts

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