Thankful Writing Activity: Easy Expository Writing Lesson
…upper elementary students because it’s so easy to organize and write. The final essays make a great gift for their families on Thanksgiving Day, too! To begin the Thankful Writing…
…upper elementary students because it’s so easy to organize and write. The final essays make a great gift for their families on Thanksgiving Day, too! To begin the Thankful Writing…
…lack experience with different types of problems and the strategies for solving them, so they feel defeated and give up before they get started. What can we do to help…
…FAQ section to their Help menu, but they need help from teachers to make this happen. Here’s how you can help: Watch the replay of the Discover MrOwl webinar. Before…
…of the 4-square planner is that it’s not mode-specific. We used this planner for opinion writing, narrative writing, and inform/explain writing. We could meet and teach all components of the…
…to come up with 5 pieces of advice that started with “Never” and 5 pieces of advice that started with “Always.” Here are some topic starters or themes to get…
…Teaching kids to write poetry engages them in authentic writing experiences and begins to build their confidence as writers. In order for kids to learn how to read and understand…
How do you encourage your students to write longer, more interesting sentences? You know what will happen if you simply ask them to write longer sentences… they’ll just add more…
…2. Writing Stories About Adoptable Pets It’s a challenge to get most kids to practice writing over the summer, but if you find something fun to write about, there’s a…
…was nothing about appreciating poetry or making connections to one’s own life. The writing standards were even worse. Everything was either about narrative writing or expository writing, but there was…
…a team they could get help. I let them know that if they complete the assignment and come in the next day with a better attitude, they may rejoin their…
…to keep content area vocabulary visible and useful to students. This anchor chart stays up throughout an entire unit on essay writing. Teachers and students can refer to it to…
…of appreciation on the cards. Let them know upfront that you expect everyone to write kind comments and that you will be reading what they write. While they are writing…