Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
In this post, I’m going to show you how writing sight word sentences can teach children how to read. Moreover, writing sight word sentences is an easy way to teach children how to write, spell and read at the same …
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, …
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 …
This is a winner game for my students every time! It covers three major skills. First, students can practice a new spelling pattern. Second, they can practice and solidify their understanding of new vocabulary. Finally, writers get to practice expanding …
Silly Sentences has been a winner game EVERY TIME with my students! They love being able to choose words. They like how nonsensical the sentences get. All the while, students are practicing and improving their ability to write complete sentences …
Sentence Scramblers is a winner game EVERY TIME for my students! Chinese High School I first began using this sentence scramblers in China (Read my full teaching background here.) when all I had was chalk and a chalkboard. I was …
