+
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A simple book about hand tools. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
+
Graphic
Other

Pic lits.com: Inspired Picture Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This innovative resource offers a wide selection of photographs and words to stimulate writing in an interactive format.
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Conferencing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Editing is a step that can often be overlooked in Kindergarten; however, it is crucial that our students understand how and why to go back and fix their writing! In this lesson, students will take suggestions from the teacher and their...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson are provided, along with a...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this lesson, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure they...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: I Learned It Online

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Preparing the new generations for college and career readiness absolutely requires us to ensure our children are competent and comfortable in the use of a variety of digital tools. Students will be learning about a topic online and...
+
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: And the Author Is...using Digital Tools for Writing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Empower students to recognize that they are thinkers and writers! They will collaborate on a writing piece to brainstorm, organize and publish ideas with a digital tool. This lesson highlights different website creations as examples of...
+
Professional Doc
Queen's Printer for Ontario

Ontario Education: A Guide to Effective Instruction in Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This comprehensive guide is designed to provide classroom teachers of Kindergarten to Grade 3 with practical approaches and resources for delivering an effective writing program. Sample lessons are included for each topic discussed.
+
Website
Other

Story Jumper

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students can create their own storybooks using this website. They can add backgrounds, props, characters, personal photos or artwork, text, and their own voices. Free registration is required in order to save their work. There is a cost...
+
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: First Grade

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders write many times a day to express their interests - they are writing with a purpose through stories, letters, and lists. In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip...
+
eBook
NWT Literacy Council

Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Writing and Publishing Children's Books! [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Instructions on how to create and publish a children's book in the classroom or as a community literacy endeavour are provided. The NWT Literacy Council offers bursaries for these projects. It tells of a Grade 3 professionally published...
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Kinde R Revision

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Six mini-lessons designed to teach beginning writers age-appropriate revisions they can make in their Writers Workshop pieces. Lessons include printable graphic organizers, revision sheets, student work samples, and more.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: All About Posters

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
As young writers become more skilled through the Writers Workshop lessons, they can begin working to become more skilled with non-fiction writing. A series of mini-lessons, graphic organizers, and samples of student work are all provided.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Borrowing From Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Six mini-lessons teach young writers how to borrow ideas or patterns from popular children's books to use in their Writing Workshop pieces. Text ideas and student samples are provided.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Keeping the Writing Going

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A list of seven writing ideas designed to inspire students to continue writing in Writers Workshop even after they have finished working on a specific piece.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Small Moment With an Important Person

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A writer's workshop idea where students brainstorm a list of people who are important to them as well as one or two times they remember being with each person. Students then use these ideas to write about a small moment with someone who...
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students engage in writing workshop, using a timeline to focus in on and write about a specific event.
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Recognizing Readers? Needs and Expectations for E Mail Replies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about using e-mail as well as literary concepts like audience awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Promoting Authentic Letter Writing

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This lesson plan teaches letter-writing format by using literature and shared writing. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Beginning a Kindergarten Writers Workshop

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A series of quick lessons teachers can use when setting up a Writers Workshop in their classrooms. Lessons include teaching students appropriate Writers Workshop behaviors and activities, building independence, discussion topics, and...
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
+
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Two Easy to Make Classroom Book Formats

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this article, the author gives directions about how to conduct book-making projects with students. Directions for making concertina books, often referred to as accordion books, and single-section binding books are included in the...
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Drawing and Writing Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Online lesson which allows elementary young scholars to us the technique of drawing as a tool to create meaningful writing skills in fiction.