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Writing Center Set Up and Organization Tips
Writer's Workshop

Writing Center Set Up and Organization Tips

Writing Center Visuals:  The first thing you need to do is make everything visible for your students in your writing center.  This includes transition and time order words that your students will use with every writing piece, mini lesson anchor charts, a seasonal vocabulary word […]

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Drive-by Writing Conferences
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Drive-by Writing Conferences

Struggling with having writing conferences with each child every week? Every writer has different needs. Your writing lessons may not address the individual needs of all your writer’s when they are all at different stages of their writing development. Yet, your grade level curriculum forces […]

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Writing Celebrations During Your Writer’s Workshop
Writer's Workshop

Writing Celebrations During Your Writer’s Workshop

There is nothing like seeing one of your young authors beam with pride when they are recognized as being a published author during your Writing Celebrations. Your students have grown so much throughout the year that you should do something special to honor their determination […]

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Teaching Nonfiction Paragraph Structure Using The Important Book.
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Teaching Nonfiction Paragraph Structure Using The Important Book.

The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is hands-down the best writing mentor text to teach young writers how to organize a nonfiction paragraph. It is the perfect picture book to show students how to include a topic sentence, details to describe the main idea, […]

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4 Thanksgiving Activities for the Classroom
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4 Thanksgiving Activities for the Classroom

These Thanksgiving activities have become a tradition in my classroom. Year after year, I include them in my lesson plans because they help my students understand why we must give thanks for all that we have. My favorite, by far is the Thanksgiving Story Mix. […]

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Beginning or End of the Year Class Writing Project: The Important Book
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Beginning or End of the Year Class Writing Project: The Important Book

If you are looking for a way to celebrate friendships either at the beginning of the year or during your end of the year activities, this class project is just what you are looking for! The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is an ideal […]

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Differentiate Your Writing Instruction with Writing Goals
Writer's Workshop

Differentiate Your Writing Instruction with Writing Goals

In my personal experience using the Reading and Phonics Goals in my primary classroom, I have found that not only are they a great visual reminder for my students of what good readers do, it also holds them accountable for their learning and achievement. I […]

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Showcase Your Young Author’s Writing in a Writing Portfolio
Writer's Workshop

Showcase Your Young Author’s Writing in a Writing Portfolio

The On the Road to a Proper Paragraph system works so well in my classroom, I decided to give our Writing Portfolios a makeover to match our writing theme: A Road Map for Writing.  And I am thrilled with the results! Since my students have […]

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On the Road to a Proper Paragraph
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On the Road to a Proper Paragraph

My students love using this road map writing center to help them write a proper paragraph. The stop light analogy helps them to visually understand the proper structure of a paragraph. I begin the school year teaching the children the basic structure using a topic sentence, […]

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Ocean Life: Nonfiction Reading and Writing Unit (Determine Importance)
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Ocean Life: Nonfiction Reading and Writing Unit (Determine Importance)

Students read nonfiction to LEARN and to become experts on one topic of study. Most importantly, they celebrate what they have learned by sharing it with others. Students love to read nonfiction text almost as much as they love to learn about ocean life. However, […]

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