Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Writers' Notebook
Virtually participate in a workshop of four high school teachers led by a renowned author. There are eight topics including "Hiding and Revealing with Language," "Using Sensory Description," and "Writing a Picture of Me".
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Borrowing From Books
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.
Harold D. Underdown
Early Reader Series: Targeting the Emergent Reader
An informational article concerning the "emergent reader" (child who has just learned to read). Provides information about writing for emergent readers, educating emergent readers, and serving as an editor for emergent literature.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
Through the story, Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come, students find out about Henry and his new kindergarten class. As a class, they write about what it is like in kindergarten class.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Squiggles
After reading "The Squiggle" by Carole Lexa Schafer, students use their own creative vision and talent to turn a squiggle into a masterpiece. They use crayons to color background and details, anything that helps make their squiggle into...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Backyard With Clem
This Plum Landing activity from PBS Kids engages students in using imagination. Students will think about their environments and then write and or draw what visitors would see.
EL Education
El Education: 1 10 Book
This is a number book created by kindergarten students; the numbers are both numerals and words and are illustrated with the correct number of objects to represent the number. Originally, these pages were created and hung around the...
EL Education
El Education: 2005 Tree Calendar
This is a calendar created by kindergarten students after studying about trees. The students drew pictures of trees for each month to fit the season, wrote an informative statement, and created the calendar.
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.