Hey there, Are you looking for fun and engaging ways to teach sentence structure to your Kindergarten or First Grade students? Building sentences is a great way to do this! Sentence building (also known as sentence scramble) worksheets are ideal for little learners who need practice with writing sentences. How do they work? Students practice their fine motor skills by… Read More
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No Prep Writing Crafts
Hey there, Are you looking for ways to make your writing lessons engaging? Some reluctant writers really struggle when they’re told to write on a blank piece of paper. That’s why it’s awesome if your students can write AND make a craft. They get to have so much fun; they forget that they’re learning! The other great thing about writing… Read More
How to Engage Reluctant Writers
Hey, so tell me if this sounds familiar. You’re teaching writing. You’ve finished your explicit teaching and explained the writing task. Your students have started working and they seem to be on task and scribbling down their story ideas. Then, you look over and see one of your students. Let’s call him Johnny. He’s got a blank piece of paper… Read More
Top 10 Storybooks for Teaching Opinion Writing
Hey, Are you about to start teaching opinion/persuasive writing to your students? I know that I always love to use picture books when I’m teaching writing. Reading a story can be a great warm-up and you can model the type of writing that you’re teaching. Best of all, you can create whole lessons or units around picture books, so let’s… Read More
Space Themed Sentence Writing
Do your little learners need practise with their sentence writing? Space Sentence Writing is what you need! I believe that a guided and scaffolded approach is what’s needed when teaching sentence writing. I’m also a huge advocate for effective differentiation. That’s why I created these sentence writing worksheets. The best part (other than being no prep for you) is that… Read More