CLASSROOM TOOLS
Use these handwriting report card comments and phrases to ease the report card crunch. Easy to modify and tailor to…
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…
Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…
A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the writing process.
Author’s Chair is the final step in the writing process. Read our guide to learn about this strategy, its purpose, and…
Improve students' writing skills with these 25 ways to motivate young writers.
LESSON PLANS
This lesson, to be completed after reading The Sun, the Wind, and the Rain, has students practice their journaling…
The writing conference is a one-on-one strategy, that takes place between the student writer and the teacher.
WORKSHEETS
A word search, drawing and coloring sheets, and a fill-in-the-blank story activity will extend students' enjoyment of…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Distribute a chart that will help you to use consistent marks when grading your students' running records.
Peer response and editing are processes through which students respond to and provide feedback on their peers' writing.…
Families are a powerful influence in children's academic development. When family members are involved in student…
Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.
ACTIVITIES
Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident…
Print this handout for your students to refer to while they are creating web pages.
In this activity, students create book pages illustrating animals that are currently endangered. This activity…
Use a printable that contains a worksheet for students to write about their homes.
A coloring page that blends large and small objects for hand control Crystal Cat is planting a garden - and children…
Use a School Readiness Activity to provide early literacy thinking experiences for preschool children that will prepare…
Children can neatly and easily organize information about the adventures of Curious George with this printable book…
Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and…
Have your students create a new ending, do a crossword puzzle, and try other engaging activities in this collection of…
Students create their own alphabet book by writing the upper and lowercase letters that begin each picture name.
