Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
This post is going to outline 7 strawberry writing prompts for you to choose from. Each guided writing lesson covers a different genre and will surely get your kids chatting, laughing and writing. Your students may even want to combine …
Students learn of and write letters to any one of these African-Americans. If you haven’t already, I strongly urge you to read my post titled, Annual Meet THESE African Americans-Introduction. It explains the heart behind this series of writing lessons. …
This fun park writing prompt is engaging because writers get to talk about a favorite fun park or place. It’s also thought provoking in that it encourages students to think about their surroundings and changes that can be made. Here’s …
Students learn about and write letters to these African-Americans “Ms. Angie, Zena Howard is my dad’s boss!” I think this comment created the most memorable moment for me in my recent teaching career. This particular writing prompt was created to …
This End of Summer Friendly Letter is easy to conduct and for students to write. After a few months of summer, there’s a lot to say. As the school year approaches, students remember their summer and at the same time …
I had so much fun conducting this lesson with my own children at home last March. Leprechauns dig through all things green looking for gold. They make a huge mess! In turn, the kids are flabbergasted and write a letter …
Writing an old school friendly letter to still excites my summer writing campers each year. The students can easily think of someone to write too. In addition, I can’t think of a person I know that wouldn’t enjoy opening a …
I thought of this friendly letter writing prompt after teaching the Persuasive Letter Writing Prompt, I’m Ready For a Pet! Students had to persuade someone that they were responsible enough to have and care for a pet. At that time, …
Students write a persuasive letter to their parents. Choosing a calendar picture is highly motivating and a key component to this writing lesson. Kids LOVE to choose a picture! The first time I taught this persuasive letter writing lesson, students …
