Writing Strategies

Teaching paragraph writing can be challenging. Not only are there multiple components and a specific structure to follow, there are also factors involved like word choice, content, and writing style. Even though it's not easy, teaching writing is one of my favorite subjects! In this post, I'd like to share with you some tips that I've found to help make student paragraph writing more successful.

Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and...

Modelled descriptive writing with introduction, characteristics, and a closing sentence!

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Are you on the lookout for ways to make writing more fun this year in your upper elementary classroom? Today, we are sharing 5 writing activities and ideas that are sure to increase engagement during writer’s workshop. Some fun writing ideas include giving students choice over what genre to write about, allowing them to add pictures, and using writing prompts that are high interest. You can use these writing ideas for writing centers, morning work, or for independent writing time.

Imagine you want to teach the compare and contrast essay for expository writing. But your students have never written one before. What do you do? This blog post will guide you, and provide you with free graphic organizers and compare and contrast essay ideas to help you get started.

Here you will find a collection of anchor charts that have been helpful in my classroom. To find the post related to the anchor chart click on the link in the caption. Happy Teaching! Back to School Central Message Anchor Chart Personal Narrative Anchor Chart Frog and Toad Early Finishers Writer's Workshop Charts Narrative Writing Rubric Engage New York Subtraction Anchor Chart Writing with the Five Senses Polar Bear Unit Informational Writing Penguin Unit Teaching Central Message Ocean...

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This post shares a FREE 6 traits writing checklist, ways to organize mini-lesson strategies and tips using a dedicated 6 Traits Writing board.

Calling all upper elementary writing teachers, this completely FREE opinion writing starter kit will help you teach or review opinion writing with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. This set inclues an opinion writing anchor chart, modeled writing with coordinating guiding questions to help you teach this genre, student reference page and prompt project to get you started! You will love this free opinion writing printable set! Click today to grab it and it to your writing lesson plans!

Teaching your students to compare and write about two items has never been easier. This step by step unit, with accompanying mini-lessons and projects, is a simple, minimal prep way to get your students writing! In this unit, you will find: o An information sheet that explains: 1) what comparison writing is, 2) what form comparison writing follows, 3) what language features are used in comparison writing, and 4) examples of items a writer could compare. o Mini-lessons: An apple and orange...

Check out this procedure writing freebie. This 'how to' writing worksheet helps students write about how to make popcorn!

Teaching paragraph writing can be challenging. Not only are there multiple components and a specific structure to follow, there are also factors involved like word choice, content, and writing style. Even though it's not easy, teaching writing is one of my favorite subjects! In this post, I'd like to share with you some tips that I've found to help make student paragraph writing more successful.