Writing mini lessons

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

If you've ever used the Reading Workshop model, you might know that it can be difficult to teach mini-lessons in a limited amount of time! This post has lots of practical, helpful tips from a seasoned teacher to help you teach effective mini-lessons that fit the 10 - 15 minute time frame. From ideas of what to do to prepare mini-lessons to strategies to use during the mini-lesson, you'll find out ways to make your mini-lessons short and sweet but super successful! Click the link to read…

5 Mini Lesson to Begin Your Informational Writing Unit — TeachWriting.org

This blog post includes an editable slideshow and mini lessons to teach struggling writers from the sentence level.

100+ ideas for how to use Jamboard writing templates in your classroom. Use for writing anchor charts, figurative language, said is dead, seed story, and more. Use during your writing mini-lessons or during small group work with writing. These writing graphic organizers can be used for story maps, timelines, and even as an OREO organizer. You can also use these writing template slides for writing celebrations, partner editing, and your arms and cups revising lessons. Show not tell is…

This book makes a great mentor text for a personal narrative genre writing unit! Kids can relate to Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe and use some of the strategies she uses to revise their writing workshop stories. Read this post for mini-lesson ideas, an anchor chart, and freebie for Show, not Tell! Great for kindergarten and first grade.

Narrative Writing: Launching Writer's Workshop in 1st Grade. Love the ideas and anchor charts in this blog post!

I know I throw around the word favorite all the time. But this is the truth: teaching creative writing lessons is my favorite. I have taught creative writing enrichment for summer school students. I have taught creative writing in various homeschool settings and co-ops. I have taught big students and little students. And I love …

Discover how our Writing Workshop Mini-Lessons for Kindergarten can spark your child's creativity, enhance their handwriting skills, and develop their love for storytelling. Learn how these mini-lessons can turn writing time into a fun and engaging activity that will set your child on the right path towards becoming a lifelong writer.

Launching reader's workshop in kindergarten, first, and second grades often includes beginning with mini lessons. Do you know how to structure and plan a reader's workshop mini lesson? This helpful post walks you through how to use mentor texts, find a good teaching point, and deliver successful mini-lessons. Check it out today to get started!

This website has tons of free mini lessons, charts and videos for writing workshop teachers to use. Get the tools and inspiration you need to run a successful writing workshop program.

What Should I Teach During Writing Workshop? Do you need help knowing what skills to teach during your writing mini lessons? I’ve created a free guide with every lesson you’ll need to teach for personal narratives, informational reports, opinion essays and fiction narratives.

Simplify, streamline, and make your teaching more effective by using mini lessons! Mini lessons move the focus from the instructor to the students, allowing more time for guided practice and feedback. It's a great lesson planning structure for tackling nearly any high school English topic! Click to learn more about mini lessons! #itslitteaching #highschoolenglish #secondaryela #minilessons #lessonplan #lessonplans #ideas

Teaching writing in small mini-lessons makes writing instruction more attainable and gives students more time to spend during their writing block actually writing. These mini-lessons for the ENTIRE YEAR take the guesswork out of what to teach each day in writing. Project this on your screen and click on the day's lesson. Each lesson walks you through the mini-lesson, and then gives students a writing activity to complete. Each month includes a printable writing journal with each of the…

We are finally turning a huge corner in our homeschool when it comes to writing! This year, my 1st and 2nd grader (pretty equal in their writing abilities) are starting to write more on their own. I'm excited to share some creative writing project ideas we've been doing that don't feel like school! They've actually

So what is a mini lesson anyway? To put it plainly, a mini lesson is a brief lesson modeling a targeted writing skill. In this series I’ll break it down into small, easy to chew bits. Join me for this three part series analyzing the components of an effective mini lesson.

The mini lesson is an important part of your writing workshop schedule but if you’re finding that it takes the majority of your workshop time, that’s not a mini lesson! It IS possible to provide instruction, create your writing anchor charts, and everything else you need to do while still giving your 3rd, 4th, and 5th, grade students time to write. In this post, I’m sharing tips for writing mini lessons that will not only keep the mini lesson MINI but keep your upper elementary students…