Writing strategies

Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

English Lessons and Resources for Students and Teachers.

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.

Use this free COPS checklist for peer or independent editing!

Strategies for Writing a Story Beginning ~ Free lesson activities for teaching students to write a hook for their narratives.

Steal these for your writing unit!

Paragraph writing is a big challenge for many students. This post includes a step-by-step method to help your students write great paragraphs in no time.

12 Writing Tips for Beginners | Tips to help keep readers interested in your writing #writingtips #writingskills

Remember when I wrote about what had been going on with Narrative Writing Lessons a little while ago? That post was actually one that I used in my class with my kids (an idea I stumbled upon last y…

Teaching narrative writing is one of my favorite things! Teaching writing is a challenge–but when students get engaged and can be creative, it’s our way to hook them! If you want to read about some GREAT narrative teaching tips, head over to my blog post on Upper Elementary Snapshots. Check out my ideas about teaching […]