Ready to teach How-To Writing? This mini unit is the perfect springboard. Start with a GLAD graphic organizer timeline of How To Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich to illustrate how to gather materials, identify steps, add transition words, and form a conclusion. Incorporate 4 different chants to teach how to write a paragraph, use transition words, and edit your writing. Take the graphic organizer to the cooperative strip paragraph as a whole class writing activity and practice revising and editing together. Use the included literacy awards to support positive student behavior and the transition word bookmarks to help students with their writing. Also included are individual student writing organizers to help students with their writing and writing paper for their final product.

In this mini unit you will find:

• Unit outline with suggestions for writer's workshop lessons
• How to Make a PB&J Graphic Organizer Input with word and picture cards for processing
• Learning Log
• Revising/Editing Checklist
• Writing Literacy Awards
• Writing Student Planner
• Writing Paper with included student checklist
• Transition Word student bookmarks