Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision of Word Choice [Pdf]
Helping students revise their rough drafts can be a difficult process. Make it a little easier with this 3-step lesson regarding revision of word choice.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Let's Read It!
Five mini-lessons to help young writers develop their writing skills within a Writers Workshop model.
Other
Rubric: Six Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers
Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.
Other
After the Deadline
Editing and proofreading opportunities are provided on this site. Students can type text on this site and will be guided to ways to fix their writing's errors in style, grammar, and style. Students can also paste into the text box and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Opinion Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a step-by-step lesson about writing opinion pieces designed for second graders.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Powers of Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource outlines and defines the POWERS model for good writing.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Writing Process
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart, students will learn the steps of the writing process.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Writing Process
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents a lesson on the writing process. Students are taken through the process step-by-step as they compose a short story.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Book Important
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart guides students through the writing process utilizing a framework for finding out the important things. It teaches them a structure for organizing their writing as well.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Creative Brainstorming
This slide presentation provides a background of why the process of brainstorming is important as well as elements and tools you can use to get your creative juices flowing.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Line Drawing Obstacle Course
Practice important fine motor skills by having students control their pencil, following a line. Teacher lesson plan for K-1st.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Word Race
In this activity for grades 1 and 2, students practice examining, copying out, and reading words that are written in the classroom.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Class Book Ideas: Story Frames
This site discusses how story frames are a great way to support emergent writers in the classroom. Lots of story prompts and writing frames to use in a K-2 classroom.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Handwriting
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for students to come up to the Activboard and practice their writing motor skills.
EL Education
El Education: Recycling
Students find out how many bags of garbage their school produces and work through math processes to create graphs and make projections. Then they share this information with the school and make suggestions about how to decrease the...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Teaching Kids About Reflective Writing
This site offers ideas to encourage children to practice reflective writing and tips for teachers to teach it.
Education.com
Education.com: w.k.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to reinforce the skill of listening to questions and suggestions from peers to strengthen writing.
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Education.com: W.1.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice the common core standard of revising and editing your writing with help from peers.
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Education.com: W.1.6 Lesson Plans
[Free Registration/Login Required] These lesson plans can help young scholars practice the Common Core State Standards skill of using a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing.
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Education.com: W.2.5 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of focusing on a topic and strengthening writing as needed by revising and editing.