This writing center has been featured on Scholastic.com and numerous other websites. It is the original Writing Center on Teachers Pay Teachers and has been completely revised with more samples and new templates!!! This kit is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE! Click here to check it out: Save With A Bundle: Writing Center and Information Folders - Student Resources for Reading, Writing, and Math Make a Writing Center! Everything you need to set up a center full of ideas and suc

Get your little learners excited about opinion writing with this super cute crayon craftivity! Use the suggested texts "Red Is Best" and "The Day the Crayons Quit" with this 10 day unit on constructing an opinion! Each lesson includes all of the necessary materials. Your kiddos are sure to be engaged as you complete this persuasive letter to their favorite color/colour! Both American and English spellings are included. WHAT'S INCLUDED AS OF APRIL 2018: - 10 Day Lesson Plan - Crayon Craft

This yearlong bundle of narrative, opinion, and informational writing lessons for Kindergarten makes it easy to plan your writing instruction! Also included in this Kindergarten writing bundle are posters, assessments, visuals, and writing rubrics that will save you time! Teaching Kindergarteners to write is a big challenge - especially if some of your students begin Kindergarten not even knowing their letters! You want your students to grow in their writing (and drawing!), but maybe you're not

Beginning of the year writing activities for kindergarten and first grade! These writing activities and mini-lessons are perfect to help students feel comfortable getting their words out on paper at the beginning of the year.Do your students have trouble knowing where to start when it comes to writing workshop?Many of my first graders have great ideas but struggle to put their thoughts on paper. I created this writing unit to help my students reach their inner author and start writing!Included i

This bundle contains 7 writing units for a FULL year of writing curriculum! Also available:First Grade Writing Curriculum HERE***DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW TO SEE THIS CURRICULUM IN ACTIONDo you struggle with teaching your students how to write? Do you feel like you need more confidence and guidance in teaching writing? This Kindergarten Writing Curriculum has EVERYTHING you need to be successful with teaching writing!What Units are Included in the Bundle?Unit 1: Personal Narrative: Sharing my Stories

Launch your writing workshop with these Kindergarten writing and drawing lessons, printable materials, and rubrics! This unit has everything you need to bring your students from drawing or scribbling to writing labels.The 5-week unit starts out by teaching students basic procedures and routines for writing workshop. The first lessons are so simple that you can begin on the second or third day of school!This Kindergarten writing unit will help students learn how to use writing tools appropriately

This is the third unit in my new Primary Writing Series!I will be taking you from the the first few weeks in kindergarten all the way through the end of the year. This unit also works well for first and second grade classrooms as well.UNIT 1- LABELINGUNIT 2- WRITING LISTS UNIT 3- NARRATIVE UNITUNIT 4- EXPOSITORY HOW-TO WRITINGUNIT 5- OPINION UNIT 6- NON-FICTIONUNIT 7- PERSUASIVE UNIT 8- POETRY UNIT 9- CARDS/INVITATIONS This listing is for the NARRATIVE unit only.---------------------------------

This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.

Daily writing practice for the Whole Year has 20 different printable writing mats for 10 months (that's 200 writing prompts) plus writing conventions posters to support writing instruction! Create a simple, easy-to prep writing center in your classroom with the perfect writing materials!Buy the bundle and SAVE $15 (3 packs for FREE), plus get FREE Writing Conventions posters as a bonus (for bundle owners only)! This BUNDLE is a collection of 10 sets of monthly Writing Mat resources. View the pre

This is the fifth unit in my new Primary Writing Series! All materials are Common Core aligned and are easy to implement and use in differentiated settings. We are learning how to write about our opinions in Unit 5. I provide scaffolding throughout the entire unit, and lessons are sequential in a way that makes sense to both students and teachers. These units are perfect for kindergarten and first grade. They can also be used in second grade classrooms as well, depending on your students'

Ever heard "I don’t know how to write?" If so, this pack will develop an "I can Write!" attitude and teach children how to write a personal narrative.The packet contains:o 10 Anchor charts with color photo for easy assembly o My Writing Toolso My Favorites Brainstorming Charto How to Write a Personal Narrativeo Am I Done?o Helping the Readero How Can I Write? (Three Ways to Write)o Characters and Settings in Personal Narrativeso Small Momentso Brainstorming Chart for Big Idea and Small Momentso

Teach personal narrative writing in a fun, Kindergarten-friendly way! This Kindergarten writing unit provides everything you need to teach personal narrative or small moments writing: lesson plans, printable writing paper, posters, a graphic organizer for planning, writing rubrics, and more.In this 5-week Kindergarten writing unit, your students will learn how to craft true stories with a beginning, middle, and end (even if they are mostly drawing). Your Kindergarten students will learn to stay

Mentor sentences model writing through excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit is just what you need to get started with mentor sentences in your Kindergarten or First Grade classroom. I created these with emergent readers of K & 1 in mind, but they would also be appropriate for ELL students!These mentor sentences are part of a balanced literacy approach. Students will listen to you read the mentor text, identify/notice words, punctuation, and parts of a sentence,

This bundle of Kindergarten I Can Statements and checklists includes everything you need to be sure you're teaching all the math and language arts standards. These adorable cards are color coded by standard, and they are formatted to fit in pocket charts (so they don't take up so much space!) Standard cards are worded in student-friendly definitions with colorful graphics.Also included are color and BW checklists that can be sent home BEFORE you begin a unit (or simply at the beginning of the y

Mentor sentences model writing through excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This set is just what you need to implement mentor sentences in your Kindergarten classroom. I created these with kindergartners in mind, but they would also be appropriate for early emergent readers in first grade, or even ELL students!These mentor sentences are part of a balanced literacy approach. Students will listen to you read the mentor text, identify/notice letters, words, and parts of a sente

Writing tips and reminders are great to give to students. These mini anchor charts are helpful when being added to a writing office. Your students will become more independent during writer's workshop. This writing tool will help students with narrative writing and grammar. Anchor charts and tips are right at their fingertips! These writing office folders are easy to store, great for providing privacy, all while giving lots of information in one place! All charts come in color as well as black/w

This packet contains reading, writing and math worksheets to celebrate reading during Read Across America Week. You can use with any books you choose to read during Read Across America Week. It is geared toward kindergarten, but can be used for preschool or 1st grade. This packet includes fun activities to celebrate Read Across America Week. What is in this packet?*Writing Prompts*Daily Sheets*Math Worksheets*Reading Strategies Worksheets to match any book *Literacy skills practice

Hooray, let's celebrate the 100th Day of School. This resource is packed full of fun ideas to create a memorable day celebrating the one-hundredth day of school. Your students will remember all of the fun and engaging hands-on activities for months. Using this resource as your guide you can plan and create a fabulous 100th day of school for your class. Be sure to click the preview to see everything that is included.Art5 Hats-***3 hats use 8.5x14 paper Select print to Legal pdf size.1 image to

Kindergarten Into First Grade Summer PacketThis mega packet is the perfect way to keep kindergarten graduates learning and progressing all summer long so that they are well-prepared to enter first-grade in the fall. The pages require no prep and offer fun, interactive activities that make learning fun. A table of contents is included, making it easy to find each page and see the common core standard that is being addressed.Download the preview to see all that is included in this packet! Incl

How To Writing How To Pizza Sequencing ***This is part of my 'How To' Writing BUNDLE that can be found HERE. Save money by purchasing the bundle rather than individual packs. Pizza is a 'kid favorite' and is the perfect food to use for teaching 'how to' writing! This pack can be used all year long to work on 'how to' writing and comes with 3 suggestions of how to 'act out' how to make a pizza- both with food and craft materials! ***Here are links to all my 'How To' packs:*** *How To Care F

Writing Mats ~ Daily Writing Practice for August & September (Back to school, apples, all about me, and community themed writing) has 20 different printable and digital writing prompt practice pages for the month of August & September. They are the PERFECT pack to get kids writing during back to school time!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or PPT - Just open the PDF or PPT file and print!GOOGLE SLIDES / GOOGLE DRAWINGS - Assign each writing prompt in Google Slides, which includes an interactive writ

I have bundled my popular Kindergarten I Can Statements into this one listing. Now you can purchase my math, reading, writing, language, speaking/listening, science and social studies objective cards all together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------★ 164 adorable standard card in kid friendly definitions (including all subjects)★ These cards measure approximately 8.5"x 2.75" once printed and cut.Perfect for pocket c

This unit includes everything you need to teach opinion writing in Kindergarten! You get complete opinion writing lesson plans, printable writing paper, posters, graphic organizers, writing rubrics, and more!This 4-week opinion / persuasive writing unit teaches students how to state an opinion and support their opinion by giving two reasons.Students practice their opinion writing skills by writing about texts they read or listen to, and by creating their own “All About Me” books. Then, students

Writing Mats ~ Daily Writing Practice for January (snow and winter themed writing) has 20 different printable and digital writing prompt practice pages for the month of January. They are the PERFECT pack to get kids excited to write about winter!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or PPT - Just open the PDF or PPT file and print!GOOGLE SLIDES / GOOGLE DRAWINGS - Assign each writing prompt in Google Slides, which includes an interactive writing checklist. SEESAW - Add an activity to Seesaw with the included ima