This simple organizer enables students to quickly jot down notes when reading tall tales. It helps to remind them the elements of the type of ficti... ByTeaching Tales
Perfect for writing time! Heart-shaped notes with writing lines and "Dear" and "from" to spur easy writing. These short notes add variety to the wr... ByHonor Hingston-cox
Writing in a journal everyday will help your students get accustomed to spelling, grammer, and proper writing formats. However, it is often very di... ByMonica La Vella
This product includes the directions, rubric, and parent letters for the eighth and ninth kindergarten journals of the school year (April and May/J... ByMary Ann Gallas
This item was created to use in a reading or writing center. Students can read the words (with strong picture support) or use the word book to help... BySuzi Boyett
Four-page worksheet - Learn how to develop your story plot in a fun way! Students will learn the basic elements of plot structure, and will develo... ByLekha Writing School
This is an activity for making an ABC book for a class field trip or class activity, but could be modified for any type of ABC book. It includes i... ByMiss J
American Explorers in Washington is one of 24 lessons in our Do Washington! Curriculum. After reading about Washington's American Explorers, stude... BySplash! Publications
Prepare your students for their high school proficiency assessments and spur their creative writing skills by showing them this Powerpoint presenta... ByAnn Francis
This incredible 65 page unit is all you need for Spring and/or Easter. It has it all. It includes:
Book suggestions
Bubble Map
Analyzing Graph... ByCecelia Magro I Love 1st Grade
These 50 lessons and 50 writing prompts are a companion book to Destination: Inspiration. The plans offer a wide variety of lessons directly relate... ByWriters On Wheels
Included in the 24-page download are two ready-made quizzes/tests for you to photocopy and plunk down in front of your students. But that's not al... BySara Hathaway
This lesson helps students analyze the elements of plot development (e.g. rising action, climax, falling action, denouement) in various works of fi... ByAbigail Walker
This simple rubric can be used to assess students' personal narratives. It is organized to assess students' ideas, content, organization, and mecha... ByKebh
This activity is intended for use after reading the book "All Pigs are Beautiful." Students can use this activity as a response to literature, to ... By3rd Grade Gridiron
My students love to have writing good enough to "publish." They get to use these special pages. There is a title page, a dedication page (I love to... ByMrs. M's Great Stuff
Preschool is an exciting time! It's a child's first years in a school setting and it's a year of tremendous growth!! This is an excellent way to sh... ByKatie Mense
This is a writing center project. I make multiple copies of the second page. Students create their own books with illustrations and writing. This i... ByKristine Weyher
A writing activity like BINGO. Each box gives students a sentence starter with a picture for them to write about. It's a great independent writing ... ByDishing It Out
Incomplete sentences, missed periods or capitals, and a lack of varied sentencestarters are a source of endless frustration in the writing pro... ByJoanne
Let students share their thoughts and knowledge about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with this word bank and coordinated creative writing template. Thi... ByKb Konnected
These 64 Story Starter cards are an engaging and creative way to encourage students to have fun with winter-themed writing - great practice for par... ByAddie Williams
These 5 work sheets give students a chance to show how well they read and follow written directions and pay attention to details in the story.... ByShannon
This set contains fifteen activities to supplement the Harcourt Trophies reading series, Book 3, 1st grade. In the set, you will find: three activi... ByKristy
Seven+ days of detailed lesson plans to teach students the art of written expression in their writing. Included are two work sheets: an introducti... ByKate Reid
I believe it is so much more effective to use mentor texts to teach the writing trait of word choice. This is a bookmark used to draw students' att... ByVanessa Mayer
A set of 8 project challenges to go with the book, "Sarah, Plain and Tall", by Patricia MacLachlan. These challenges give students the opportunity... BySmart Chick
This is a 24-page literature unit on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis that includes 4 multiple choice chapter quizzes(with answer... BySandra Casady
The Especially Nursery Rhyme Reading Comprehension Activities is a 23 page book of activities that can be used with your students as reading compre... ByMonica La Vella
A three page packet that contains 7 different RAFT writing topics for the book, "Crash", by Jerry Spinelli. There are also student directions and a... BySmart Chick
This is an activity packet that goes along with Lesson 26 from Storytown for First Grade. Activities are built around the spelling and high frequen... ByLaura Scoma
Students use drawing and cutting techniques to create a dog, a cat, a frog, a bunny, a mouse, and a bird. Two forms of directions are given. One op... ByKinderkay
A set of comprehension questions for each chapter and 6 project ideas for the book, "Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine", by Barbara Park... BySmart Chick
Students will write a silly story using homophones. They project walks them through an example of a silly story, finding homophones, listing their ... ByMrs. Cook
A set of 8 project challenges to use with the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", by William Shakespeare. These allow students to creatively explor... BySmart Chick
Use this Ready-to-Go writing trait bulletin board set (in full color) to support the lessons you are already teaching in your 6+1 Writing Traits cu... ByRachael Parlett
This is one of my favorite holiday activities. Let's face it...kids watch the Holiday specials every year and are quite familiar with the characte... ByCathy Hutchinson
This assessment was designed to assess student understanding of the use of figurative language techniques, specifically focusing on similes, metaph... ByTigerteacher
Students create the first page of a newspaper that focuses on the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Includes creative assignment sheet, ... ByAddie Williams
“Calendars for Young Learners” contains 24 theme-based calendars for young students to make and take. This book contains a calendar-based math ... ByAbc Schoolhouse
This item was created to use in a reading or writing center. Students can read the words (with strong picture support) or use the word book to help... BySuzi Boyett
This unit focuses around the Laura Joffe Numeroff book "If You Give a Cat a Cupcake." This mini unit includes two creative writing assignments, two... ByJennifer Tice
Terrific Resource for Black History Month!
Your students will learn about 24 historical African Americans while playing this fun "Who Am I?" ga... ByKb Konnected
An appositive, a noun or noun phrase that renames the noun beside it, is set off by commas. It�s purpose is to further explain the noun, giv... ByBarbara Kruger
This is a printable handout for Christmas explaining how alliterations and tongue twisters are formed, with an area for your students to come up wi... ByHappyedugator
This song is a great way to introduce writer's workshop to young students. The lyrics are short and exact to help beginning writer's understand the... ByTara F Mozee