Teaching writing

Do you have struggling writers who just don't seem to be growing? Do you have reluctant writers who don't seem to get much writing completed? In every class that I have ever taught, there has always been a handful of kiddos that just don't like writing. These students can be toughest to reach. You have

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. Whenever I talk to fellow teachers about what they HATE teaching… it always seems to be writing. Why is that? I theorize that it’s because writing is very personal. There’s no cut and dry methods that work for ALL students. It is also time consuming to teach AND especially […]

Teaching writing to fifth graders doesn't have to be intimidating. This post details exactly how I teach writing in 5th grade.

Upper elementary descriptive writing activities. Includes anchor charts for expanding sentences and descriptive writing prompts.

Ready to rock teaching beginning of year writing in first grade? These early days of writing instruction must be targeted and on point. Click to learn more.

Did you think teaching students to write would be a snap? I mean, you are a college-educated, certified individual. How hard could it possibly be? Well, it’s a challenge, especially when just starting out. In my classroom,

Help your students expand their writing skills with these teaching ideas on writing a paragraph before they need to know how to write a multi-paragraph.

Sentence writing ideas for kindergarten & first graders. Engaging ideas for students to learn to write basic sentences.

When teaching narrative writing in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, there are so many writing skills to cover. They range from creating a sequence of events (beginning, middle, and end) to more difficult

Do you teach writing, but hate the 5 paragraph essay? Here's the teaching tool I use when teaching college writing in my first year composition course. #teachwriting #teachcollege #teacher #collegewriting #writingresource #teachingresource #ELA