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Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: Presentation Rubric K 2

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps with guiding and assessing K-2 students in giving a presentation. It is aligned with CCSS, but also can be used in non-CCSS settings. It is clear, concrete, and student-friendly, and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing

For Teachers K - 1st 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 students engaged in the lesson are provided, along with a...
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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...
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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? For this lesson, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying and Writing Opinions About Clouds Using Clue Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
It is important to teach learners the difference between facts and opinions. This is the groundwork for getting students to think critically when analyzing a piece of text. This lesson will help to lay the foundation for opinion writing....
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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. Young scholars will be learning about a topic online and...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: A Piece of Cake

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson plan, students will present their opinion through drawing, writing and speaking. Students will enjoy discussing their favorite animals, pizza and cake. Students will learn about...
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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...
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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.
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Education.com

Education.com: Peer Conferencing 101

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] At the completion of this lesson plan, students will be able to use the peer conference format to provide feedback to a peer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Write About Something Real at School

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
In this Writers Workshop lesson, students look around themselves and think about their daily lives at school to find relevant writing topics.
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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...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Great Lists Inspire Great Writing

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A writer's workshop idea where students work together to brainstorm a list a possible writing topics to use throughout the year. Idea lists for primary and intermediate students are provided.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Note Writing in the Primary Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson provides a wealth of ideas for using notes in the classroom to promote authentic writing among children.
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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.
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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.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Exploring a More Specific Story

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, Ralph Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams is used as a mentor text. Students will write stories about an important friendship in their life. Then students will revise and attempt to make sure their writings have stayed on topic,...
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Other

Live Binders: Nc Public Schools: A Close Reading of the Writing Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a teacher inservice presentation which looks closely at the Common Core Writing Standards. It includes the standards, lists of what teachers need to do and what students gain from them, and activities to help teachers reach their...
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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...
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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 young scholars. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.