WRITING
Ready-made resources for all parts of your writing curriculum
STRATEGIES for WRITERS
ANIMOJI WRITING
GRADES 3-5: This activity helps children practice being more descriptive in their writing.
Handout
Presentation Slides
Video Lesson
DRAW & DESCRIBE
GRADES 3-5: Students can improve their writing by allowing their creativity to help brainstorm writing ideas with this strategy.
Handout
Presentation Slides
Video Lesson
SCAVENGER HUNT
GRADES 3-5: Students can improve their writing by following simple steps to practice writing descriptive sentences.
Handout
Presentation Slides
Video Lesson
THINK, REHEARSE, WRITE
GRADES 3-5: Use this strategy to help your child learn strategies to get their thoughts onto paper easier.
Handout
Presentation Slides
Video Lesson
FOUR TOPICS
GRADES 3-5: This lesson will teach students a strategy to write using specific details. The goal of this lesson is to have students be able to go through three steps to write ONE descriptive sentence.
Handout
Presentation Slides
Video Lesson
BASIC Writing SKILLS
THOUGHTS ON PAPER
GRADES 3-5: This is a quick activity you can have students do daily. They write what is on their mind and then try to expand their thought. Use this as an introductory lesson for writing.
PRE-ASSESS & WRITE A LEARNING GOAL
GRADES 3-5: Have students create a weekly writing goal to improve on their skills with this activity.
3 Handwriting Strategies
GRADES 3-5: This lesson includes 3 easy to practice techniques that will improve a students handwriting. The strategies included in this lesson are RULE of 3, MAKE IT LIKE A MOLECULE, and PENCIL SPACING.
5 MORE Handwriting Strategies
GRADES 3-5: This lesson includes 5 strategies for handwriting practice that are easy to practice to help students handwriting. The strategies included in this lesson are Laffy Taffy, Eight is Great, Slice & See, Line's Don't Bite, and Focus Your Letters. Please see my blog about these strategies for more details.
OPINION WRITING
UNIT 1 LESSON 1: Setting a Writing Goal
GRADES 3-5: Help your child identify their strengths and weaknesses as an opinion writer.
UNIT 1 LESSON 2: Opinion Statement- Basic, Better, Best Strategy
GRADES 3-5: Students draft, edit, revise, and reflect on writing an opinion statement.
UNIT 1 LESSON 3: Opinion Writing Prompt- What is a Writing Prompt?
GRADES 3-5: Students, parents, or new teachers get an overview about writing prompts and three strategies to take notes on a writing prompt handout in this video.
INFORMATIONAL WRITING
UNIT 1 LESSON 1: Setting a Writing Goal
GRADES 3-5: Help students focus their strengths and weaknesses by creating a learning goal for this writing unit.
Unit 1 Lesson 1: Identify Prompt & Keywords
GRADES 3-5: In this quick, introductory lesson, students will learn how to read a writing prompt and identify the keywords in the topic.
Unit 1 Lesson 2: Write a Topic Sentence
GRADES 3-5: This lesson includes two strategies to help your student write a topic sentence for an informational essay.
Unit 1: Write a Topic Sentence for Your Conclusion
GRADES 3-5: This lesson includes two strategies to help your student write a topic sentence for an informational essay conclusion.
