Are you looking for free kindergarten writing prompts or free first grade writing worksheets? This free narrative writing prompt is perfect for your writing lessons or writing centers! This is a picture prompt, which is fun for students because they can color in the picture before or after writing. You can grab the freebie here (along with other awesome freebies… Read More
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How To Teach First Grade Writing
Have you ever found yourself googling, ‘how to teach first graders to write?’ or tearing your hair out wondering how do you teach writing in grade 1? Don’t fear! In this post, I’m going to share the steps that you need to take so that you know exactly how to teach first grade writing! Teaching writing to first graders can be… Read More
Free Writing Graphic Organizers
Need some graphic organizers for students K-3rd grade? Grab my free writing graphic organizers to help students get started writing! What’s Included? This freebie contains 12 different graphic organizers! There are three levels of organizers for each type of writing genre. If you teach kindergarten, first grade, second grade, or third grade, there is an organizer for you! So, keep… Read More
What Is The Difference Between Narrative, Opinion, and Informational Writing?
You may be scratching your head when it comes to all the different kinds of writing types you are responsible for teaching to your students, narrative, opinion, informational… Look no further! Keep reading to clear the air. What is the difference between narrative, opinion, and informational writing? Read this post to get an easy-to-understand explanation & tips! What is the… Read More
What Is The Best Way To Teach Writing?
What is the best way to teach writing? Read this post to find out ways that I teach writing with my students and have great success! Teaching writing can be tough, but over the years I have found that there are a few things that seem to work well with my students. Mentor Texts I use mentor texts in almost… Read More
How to Teach Informational Writing
Struggling with how to teach informational writing? Read this post to get some tips on how to teach informational writing to elementary students in a fun and interactive way. Plus, grab several resources to help amp up your informational writing units! What is Informational Writing? To better understand how to teach informational writing, let’s figure out what it is. Informational… Read More