CHOICE BOARDS
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for elementary students are perfect for summer writing…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Use these handwriting report card comments and phrases to ease the report card crunch. Easy to modify and tailor to…
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for middle school students are perfect for summer writing…
WORKSHEETS
This creative writing assignment challenges students to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. They will use…
TEACHING RESOURCE
In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…
Help students write five-paragraph essays with a graphic organizer. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to…
ACTIVITIES
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
Learn and apply this key writing technique Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information,…
Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…
This summer enrichment packet is focused on helping secondary students build or freshen reading and writing skills…
LESSON PLANS
An easy way to practice solving analogies before the big test! Analogies are a key part on many standardized tests -…
This no-prep writing activity packet includes everything you need for introducing and teaching character traits in…
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…
REFERENCE
Kids fill-in autobiographical information in this worksheet to tell others about themselves. Use this worksheet at the…
Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
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…
Use this graphic organizer to brainstorm. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by…
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…
