With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
Encourage students to add more descriptive language into their sentence writing with this activity.
Reflect on the school year with this end-of-the-year writing activity.
A template designed to help students plan their narrative writing.
A template for brainstorming times associated with specific feelings.
A template for brainstorming times there has been a problem.
A template for brainstorming favorite memories.
A blank template to use for a variety of writing pieces in the primary grades.
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
A scaffolding sheet to assist younger students in writing a simple procedure text.
Use this resource to track the progress of students during guided writing groups.
This English Language Arts unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a recipe for nature stew.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple recipe for fruit salad in small groups.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple procedure about a familiar experience.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of procedures.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of opinion pieces.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple opinion piece about a familiar situation.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple opinion piece on a familiar situation in pairs.
This English unit has been designed to introduce the informative genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of information reports.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently create an informative fact book about an animal.
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple information report about an animal in pairs.