Can Teach
Can Teach: Writing Prompts and Journal Topics
This site has hundreds of writing prompts/journal topics to get students started writing. Topics like "what is" and "what if" will get students thinking about what they could write.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Avoiding Elevated Language
This lesson discusses limiting the use of elevated language in writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: Avoiding Redundancy
This lesson introduces the concept of redundancy in writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concise Language: "To Be" Less Wordy
This lesson goes over how to reduce wordiness in writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Emphasis: Repetition
This lesson discusses how to add emphasis through repetition. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Goals of Revision: Adding Flavor
This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prewriting
This lesson discusses prewriting and why it is important. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising a Body Paragraph
This lesson discusses improve a body paragraph through revision.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revising a Conclusion
This lesson discusses improve a conclusion through revision.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Eliminating Excess
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper to remove extraneous information.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Revision Techniques: Peer Feedback
This lesson discusses how to revise a paper based on peer feedback.
Road to Grammar
Road to Grammar: Grammar Quizzes
365 interactive quizzes on various grammar and writing skills. While answering questions on each topic, students are provided with notes about the topic and information needed in order to reach the correct answer.
Other
Write Express: Free Sample Transmittal Letters
This website provides samples of transmittal letters. After reading these examples users will have a better understanding of what a transmittal letter is.
Other
Communication in Math Activities for Grades K 2
Early learners can build their math communication skills with these "Real-world," writing and problem solving activities. Students focus on developing strategies for using math vocabulary and writing about math.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: How to Teach Spelling
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides effective tools to help students with the spellings of new words. Several graphic organizers are attached to help students learn how to spell new words more efficiently.
Other
Stories From the Web
Reading skills development program for children from 1 to 14 years old. Children can find short stories, poems, art work, games, pictures, everything divided by age range. Also are useful links for parents and teachers.
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.
Other
Cyberwriter: Narrative Writing
Cyberwriter gives narrative writing activities leveled for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. A brief explanation about narrative writing is also on this page. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Handwriting Exercises
[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of pages is designed for students to practice the fine and large motor skills to prepare for cursive writing. Occupational therapists say that working on a vertical surface is optimal for...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing a Story
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the steps for writing a story such as coming up with a title, a main idea and supporting details that keep the reader interested.
School Express
Schoolexpress.com: Phonics Blends Worksheets
Phonics Blends is a great way to demonstrate the use of letter and picture association. The student must identify the first two letters of the picture given and then write them on the line provided.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Transforming Speech
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help students to understand the difference between direct and reported speech (e.g., she said, I am going or she said she was going).
BBC
Bbc Schools: Planning a Story Quiz
Check your knowledge of planning a story by taking this quiz. Links provided allow you to enlarge the quiz to full screen, view the quiz in a different format, review key story planning facts, and enjoy the fun, interactive writing...