Teaching Writing

Teaching writing to your elementary students with new strategies, writing prompts, rubrics, ideas, and centers.
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Grab these 25 free winter writing prompts for K-2! With a variety of writing genres including opinion, narrative, and list making, these prompts are perfect for quick writes, independent writing, and centers. Your students will love the winter-themed topics!
25 Free Winter Writing Prompts For Writing Centers In 1st and 2nd Grade
Grab these 25 free winter writing prompts for K-2! With a variety of writing genres including opinion, narrative, and list making, these prompts are perfect for quick writes, independent writing, and centers. Your students will love the winter-themed topics!
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Engaging Thanksgiving Punctuation Activities for Kindergarten to Second Grade
Check out these punctuation activities for the fall months, but specifically for November and Thanksgiving! Your students will love reviewing and identifying punctuation with these fun literacy centers and write the room activities. These writing centers are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students. Review and learn when to use a period, question mark, and exclamation point with these activities.
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The Best Mentor Texts For Halloween Writing
Spice up your October lesson plans with Halloween-themed read-alouds and writing prompts for first and second grade! These fun and not-so-spooky picture books are perfect for the Halloween season and can be used in writer's workshop too. Explore creative writing with your students and get ready for Halloween with these must-have mentor texts. Check out the blog post for more details!
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Thanksgiving Punctuation Activities
Make learning punctuation fun this fall with these November and Thanksgiving-themed activities! Designed for kindergarten, first, and second grade students, these literacy centers and write-the-room exercises will help your students master periods, question marks, and exclamation points!
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25 Free Fall Writing Prompts For First & Second Grade
Check out this large list of free writing prompts for first and second grade! These fall-themed prompts are perfect for writer's workshop. These fall prompts are perfect for the fall months like September, October, and November. Use for holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Your 1st and 2nd graders will love these creative writing prompts for their how to stories, lists, narrative writing, opinion writing, and nonfiction writing. Get your free writing prompts here!
Get your first and second graders excited for Halloween with these not-so-spooky read-alouds! Perfect for October, these Halloween picture books come with writing prompts that are great for creative writing and writer's workshop. Add these engaging mentor texts to your lesson plans and explore themes of Halloween and pumpkins! Discover more in the blog post! Halloween Writing Activities 2nd Grade, Halloween Lesson Plans Elementary, Halloween Book Activities, Halloween First Grade, Halloween Picture Books, Halloween Writing Activities, Halloween Writing Prompts
14 Halloween Read Alouds and Writing Activities
Get your first and second graders excited for Halloween with these not-so-spooky read-alouds! Perfect for October, these Halloween picture books come with writing prompts that are great for creative writing and writer's workshop. Add these engaging mentor texts to your lesson plans and explore themes of Halloween and pumpkins! Discover more in the blog post!
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A Differentiated Writing Center in 1st and 2nd Grade
Keep your 1st and 2nd graders engaged in literacy centers with a dynamic writing center! By offering a variety of writing options—like book reviews, lists, opinion pieces, and narratives—you'll help students build essential writing skills while having fun. This writing center promotes creativity and fosters a love for writing. Perfect for reading centers!
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Ideas For Setting Up A Differentiated Writing Center
Looking for an engaging activity for your reading centers? Try a writing center that allows 1st and 2nd graders to explore different writing types, including narratives, book reviews, and nonfiction. Students will have the chance to practice their writing in a creative and structured environment, building strong foundational skills for the future. Perfect for keeping young learners excited about writing!
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Apple Day Activities and Freebies
Plan your apple day activities with these fun ideas! Your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will love these fun and engaging activities and crafts! Teach your students about apples with these activities.Activities include: sink or float, taste test, graphing, apple stamping, a science experiment, and a weighing station! These activities for kids are the perfect addition!
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Ideas For Apple Day In First Grade
Celebrating Apple Day is such a fun part of the fall in elementary school! Head to our blog to check out how to run Apple Day centers and stations. These apple activities are great for learning about apples. You'll read about how to make applesauce in the crockpot, learn how to set up apple centers, learn about Johnny Appleseed activities, and more! Check it out here.
the fall writing prompts for 1st and 2nd grade are great to use with your students
Free Fall Writing Prompts For Elementary Students
Fall writing prompts for months September, October, and November are here! Use these fall-themed writing prompts in your first and second grade classrooms. These are perfect for writer's workshop, independent writing, quick writes, writing centers, and morning work. There are also writing prompts for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Check them out here.
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Halloween Read Alouds For Teaching Writing
Looking for some not so spooky read alouds for first and second grade this October and Halloween season? You have come to the right place for Halloween picture books and read alouds and writing prompts to go along with each one! Add these mentor texts to your lesson plans this fall to get ready for Halloween or learn about pumpkins! You can also use these in writer's workshop and then use the writing prompts that are included for creative writing! Learn more in the blog post!