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Friendly Letter Writing Unit - Parts of a Friendly Letter Template Paper

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Teaching your students about writing a friendly letter is a valuable and fun activity. This Friendly Letter Unit has everything you need to introduce your students to this writing genre and guide them to independent friendly letter writing. Begin

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3

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Personal Narrative Writers Workshop - Writing Activities - Small Moments Ideas

By Growing Firsties

Writers Workshop starts with your writers having ideas for their writing. Personal Narrative writing units are a great way to help your writers identify writing topics and ideas from their lives. Help your students become great writers with these

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$5.00

564

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1st Grade Writers Workshop Bundle | Personal Narrative, Opinion, Friendly Letter

By Growing Firsties

1st Grade Writers Workshop is made simple with this bundle specifically designed to teach opinion writing, personal narratives and friendly letters! These 1st Grade Writers Workshop units are designed to promote independence through clear and

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Writing, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4

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Details Chart and Word Bank for Writers Workshop

By Growing Firsties

Make it easy for your writers to add details with this writer's workshop anchor chart. This chart is intended to help writers elaborate their pieces with details during writers workshop. It can be used with struggling writers and/or with all writers

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Printables, Posters

CCSS:

CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.5

$2.00

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Opinion Writing Unit

By Growing Firsties

Opinion Writing is SO much fun for students! This Opinion Writing Workshop Unit includes everything you need for a 2-3 week genre study of Opinion and Review Writing with your first graders. Students have opinions about everything, which makes this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.4

$6.00

110

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Ultimate Writers Workshop Conferring Toolkit for Conventions & Mechanics

By Growing Firsties

EVERYTHING you need to simplify conferring for Writers Workshop around Conventions and Mechanics such as spacing, capitalizing and punctuation. This Conferring Toolkit is set up for side by side writing conferences with your students with the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Classroom Forms, Scaffolded Notes, Rubrics

CCSS:

W.K.1, W.K.2, W.K.3, L.K.1, L.K.2, L.K.2a, L.K.2b, L.1.1a, L.1.1j, L.1.2, L.1.2a...

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Poetry Writing Unit | Lessons Graphic Organizers Writing Papers K 1st 2nd Grade

By Growing Firsties

This poetry writing unit will help your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students become free verse poetry writers through engaging poetry writing lessons and activities! This poetry writing unit will help you teach and enrich poem writing

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.5, W.2.5, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10

$5.00

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Writing Teaching Tools, Posters, Status of the Class and Topic Checklist

By Growing Firsties

Do you run Writer's Workshop in your classroom? This Writing Teaching Tools Pack has everything you need for an organized and efficient writing block to help you teach and take the Status of the Class. This resource pack includes posters for the

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Professional Documents, Classroom Forms, Graphic Organizers

$2.75

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Status of the Class FREEBIE Graphic Organizers for Writers Workshop

By Growing Firsties

This Writers Workshop Status of the Class and Topic Tracker FREEBIE is a sample of what's included in the editable pack. Taking Status of the Class and using the Topic Tracker will help you teach your writers to manage their time, increase their

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Classroom Forms, Graphic Organizers

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

In addition to being a wife and mom to two adorable (and semi-sassy kids)...I've been a 1st grade teacher, Reading Specialist, University Instructor and Freelance Literacy Consultant.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Committed to learning and growing together in an environment that accepts, honors and celebrating everyone.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Working with kids is reward enough for me!

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's Degree from University of WI-Madison; Master's Degree from University of WI-Milwaukee

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have taught for over 20 years - mostly first grade.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Graphing, Numbers, Other (Math), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Other (ELA), Life Skills, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Character Education, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, Summer, Handwriting, Test Preparation, Early Intervention, Phonics, Classroom Community

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