Monthly writing prompts, like these January writing prompts, are a highly effective way to engage your students and motivate them to practice their writing skills. This January journal prompts resource includes topics that are relevant to what students are experiencing in real time, so they are interested in exploring the
Would you rather questions for kids are a great way to get your elementary students talking and writing in your classroom. They are an underutilized tool that often gets overlooked. Read below for the list of benefits of implementing would you rather questions in your classroom below, as well as
There’s no secret that one of the most challenging and time-consuming subjects to assess can be writing. Many teachers dread grading a pile of writing pieces at the end of a long writing assignment. The good news is there are ways to work smarter, not harder, when assessing writing skills!
Throughout the school year, you’ll want to capture snapshots of your students’ current writing abilities so that you can design lessons based on their needs. Benchmark writing assessments are a great tool to help you do this! You can learn all about what benchmark writing assessments are, why they are
Monthly writing prompts are a great way to engage your students and motivate them to practice their writing skills throughout the year. The topics are relevant to what they are experiencing in real time, so they are interested in exploring the topic and writing about it. Learn more about monthly
This post is all about how to teach writing to elementary students using the 6 steps of the writing process. Your students will be entering your classroom with a diverse set of writing skills at the start of the school year, which is why administering a formative assessment the first
Informative writing gives student authors a way to teach others about a topic using writing. This is such an important skill for students to have. This is because it’s the most common type of writing we use in our everyday lives. An example of when we use this is when
This is the tale of how a 3rd grade teacher who once hated teaching paragraph writing (spoiler alert: it was me) used a simple system called Paragraph of the Week to transform her reluctant writers into excited authors and rapidly improved student writing. For real. It can be really challenging
I was so tired of hearing a collective groan from my students wshen it was time for writing. I thought there had to be simple solutions out there for how to motivate students to write. Where I saw the struggle, frustration, and dislike for writing emerge from my students was when
In addition to using graphic organizers to increase reading comprehension, they are great for improving students’ writing skills. In this post, I’ll share my love for these handy visual displays by discussing the different types of graphic organizers and how to use them to improve student writing. Learn all about
Do your students have trouble thinking of writing topics? Do they not really see themselves as writers? Writing notebooks are a great way for elementary students to live like writers by jotting down writing topics whenever they come to mind in their everyday life. Learn all about writing notebooks for
