Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
Good writers develop by writing often. These prompts were designed to help young writers think creatively, organize their ideas and finish their work in a short amount of time.
This is a super easy and charming lesson that I conducted with a small group of 5 writers. It can certainly be used for a larger group if an assembly line for making the sandwiches is strategically set up. A …
What are your thoughts about candy corn?! They’re popular once a year and it seems people either love them or hate them. As for teaching, bringing these candies into a writing lesson sparks kids attention right away! *This post contains …
This is a fun pumpkin lesson to do during the fall. I give a very general start to the story and the kids run with it! Here’s the story line: A gnome lives in a pumpkin patch and is in …
The syrup never ends in this instructions writing prompt. The Never-Ending-Syrup Sundae writing lesson was created with ice cream in mind, but as always, children are free to come up with their own unique ideas! *This post contains affiliate links. …
Students create a fictional insect from the shape of their name, then they describe its characteristics and habitat in detail. Because it’s fictional, the insect can do, be or eat anything and live anywhere! Kids loved this writing lesson because …
This Q-U Queen fairy tale lesson is just too much fun! The idea stemmed from me wanting to work with the kids on words that start with ‘qu’. These words aren’t terribly common and whenever my young students use them, …
Students describe a hero in detail. I taught this lesson in January a couple of years ago. The students were out of school for MLK Jr. Day and we held an art and writing workshop. For the writing lesson, I …
Your kids can learn and write about lemurs using the guided writing lessons and activities outlined in this post. It just so happens that I live in the area where the largest population of lemurs in captivity reside, the Duke …
This idea of a president popping created a lot of laughs!! You don’t have to serve popcorn for this lesson but it sure motivates and rewards the students! *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here.* …
I taught this lesson at a horse farm a couple summers ago. We conducted our art and writing summer camp there. Hands down, this was my favorite writing camp to date! Book About Horses The campers compiled a series of …
