Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
Kids LOVE these games! They can be played on a classroom whiteboard, chalkboard, or individual whiteboards. They can easily be modified to fit various languages, topics, ages and levels of learning.
Here’s a super simple and silly spelling activitiy to help your child tackle those tricky words. It demonstrates how easily stickers and calendar pictures motivate children to write. Students love to choose and use stickers just like they love to …
This punctuation game helps writers learn and solidify their understanding of a period, question mark and exclamation point. Common Core State Standards NOTE: This game can address the following Common Core State Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1, L.K.1.D, L.K.1.F, L.K.2, L.K.2.A, L.K.2.B, L.1.1, L.1.1.J, …
Watermelon.wordsThis words game is a classic. It’s SO easy to play and my campers love it. All you need is a piece of paper and something to write with. Common Core State Standards Note: This game can address the following …
This exploration lesson works best with more advanced writers, but can certainly be tweaked for younger ones. The kids enjoyed this lesson because they become the explorers and ANYTHING could happen in their journey. The catch and humorous conclusion to …
This game focuses on nouns, adjectives and verbs. I have many campers who genuinely forget what a noun, adjective or verb is. This is a great game to review and practice them! Common Core State Standards Note: This game can …
Writing A-Z-word lists is a great activity to stretch brains and build vocabulary! Here are the steps! Write the letters A-Z vertically in 4-5 columns on a classroom white board. This can also be done on a chalkboard or Smart …
This sentence game was created to practice spelling words that are particularly hard for students such as friend, every, very, to name a few. Use more difficult words for older students. Common Core State Standards This writing activity can address …
Kids love writing these easy acrostic poems, just like they enjoy writing Haikus. Acrostic poems are super simple for children to do and fun for them because the ideas are endless! *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see …
This exclamations game goes great with Comics and Persuasive Writing. Common Core State Standards It can also address the following Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1, L.K.1.E, L.K.1.F, L.K.2, L.K.2.A, L.K.2.B, L.1.1, L.1.1.D, L.1.1.G, L.1.1.H, L.1.1.I, L.1.1.J, L.1.2, L.1.2.B, L.1.2.D, L.2.1, …
