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3 Meaningful Ways to Get Students to Write about Reading

Connect reading and writing with meaningful activities that will help students grow as readers and flourish as writers with these easy to implement daily writing about reading ideas.

Best Practices, Writing Assignments, Writing Workshopjeanine schneiderOctober 22, 2020write about reading, writing strategies, writing lessonComment

How Parents Can Help with Writing at Home

Get students writing at home with these easy to implement and screen-free tips!

FREEBIES, Writing Project, Writing Assignments, Distance Learningjeanine schneiderMarch 23, 2020writing lesson, writing at home, distance learningComment

Close Reading and Opinion Writing Practice through Holidays Around the World

Engage students with this holiday writing assignment that combines close reading with opinion writing. Your students will learn more about holiday traditions around the world as they engage in meaningful common core ELA activities.

Holiday Writing, Writing AssignmentsMelissa KruseNovember 22, 2018close reading, opinion writing, holiday writing, writing lessonComment

3 Activities to Get to Know Your Students as Writers

There is nothing more exciting than getting to know your new students during the first few days and weeks of school! When I think about back to school lesson planning, I am always eager to create lessons that allow me to get to know my students on both personal and academic levels.

Writing Workshop, Writing Mini-lessonsjeanine schneiderJuly 5, 2018Back to School Writing, freebie, writing lesson, writing anchor chartComment

Student Collaboration Strategies for Writing Workshop

When the classroom expectation is that students will be collaborating about their writing and sharing what they wrote with others, they begin to take ownership in their written pieces. Learning how to effectively collaborate is a skill that must be explicitly taught, practiced, and then practiced some more!

FREEBIES, Best Practicesjeanine schneiderMarch 22, 2018writing workshop, collaborative writing, writing conference, freebie, anchor chart, writing lessonComment

Descriptive Writing Lesson - A Winter Setting

One area of narrative writing that my students continue to need practice is with elaborating details. When my students write to tell a story, they generally want to get the information out in the shortest way possible. Getting them to stop the story and elaborate on details is often a challenge. Adding descriptive details is a learned skill in which students need to be given support and lots of practice.

FREEBIES, Holiday Writing, Writing Assignments, Writing Mini-lessonsGuest UserDecember 21, 2017descriptive writing, winter writing, narrative writing, elementary writing, writing lesson, writing activity, mini writing lesson, freebieComment