Writing instruction

When teaching narrative writing in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, there are so many writing skills to cover. They range from creating a sequence of events (beginning, middle, and end) to more difficult

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. Whenever I talk to fellow teachers about what they HATE teaching… it always seems to be writing. Why is that? I theorize that it’s because writing is very personal. There’s no cut and dry methods that work for ALL students. It is also time consuming to teach AND especially […]

Wondering how to sequence writing instruction in the secondary ELA classroom? Writing is a difficult concept to pin down to a formula, but certain approaches are more effective than others. Read more in this post from Reading and Writing Haven.

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

Check out these great tips and ideas for small group writing instruction and activities, including standards-based guided writing! #teachingwriting #writinginstruction

A blog about teaching middle school ELA and math.

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

A great blog of secondary English teachers helping you find great ideas to enhance your classroom!

Informative Writing is one of the most important types of writing we teach our students. In this post I'm sharing 5 tips for How to Teach Informative Writing and details about the Informational Writing Mini-Unit resources created for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students. #informationalwriting #firstgradewriting #secondgradewriting #literacycenters

Improve writing skills with engaging worksheets. #4thGradeWriting #EssaySkills #WritingPractice #4thgradeessay

Since today's post is all about secrets, I thought I'd start with one of my own: I didn't always enjoy teaching writing . It'...

This is a follow up to my worksheet on guidelines for writing a short story. They follow the instructions to build up the anecdote into a short story. On page 2, an example on how it can be done with some questions. - ESL worksheets

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If your second grade students are working on opinion writing, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help.

Developing students’ writing takes practice and hard work throughout the year, and it can be difficult to transition young students’ basic writing into detailed and descriptive sentences. Teaching early writing components such as expanding sentences, beginning paragraphs, identifying topic...

Wondering how to give feedback on student writing? Here are 10 tips for responding to writing in ways that positively impacts students' internal dialogue.

Free theme writing lesson and scaffolded organizer. This theme writing assignment will help your students become stronger writers as they analyze the theme of any text you've read. #middleschoolwritingtask #middleschoolwriting #highschoolwriting #secondaryELA #teachingwriting

You can do simple things with your class to simplify writing instruction. These teacher tricks help your students write more and write well.