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135 pages of elementary writing resources for teachers - strategies and advice from veteran teachers, graphic organizers for writing, writing pre-assessment and differentiation tools, student choice activities, and writing prompts you can use all year - this Teaching Kit has everything you need to teach elementary writing successfully from day one through end of year.
What's Included In This Teaching Kit
- More than 30 graphic organizers for writing, all in one place, printable and ready to use
- Advice and strategies for teaching writing from veteran teachers and writing instruction experts
- Writing pre-assessment and types of writing differentiation strategies for elementary grades
- Resources for expository, persuasive, and narrative writing, including a list of character traits
- Rubrics, self-assessment, student inventory, and assessment tools
- Student choice writing activities and writing prompts to use throughout the year
- Prints in 8.5" x 11" portrait or landscape for easy reading and copying
Resources Featured In This Teaching Kit
- Graphic Organizers for Writing: KWL Chart, Sequencing Map, Five-Paragraph Essay, Beginning-Middle-End, 5Ws and 1H Organizer, Story Elements, Clustering, Outlining, Citing My Sources, Story Pyramid, and more
- Advice and Strategies: How I Teach Elementary Writing: Best Practices, 5 Steps to Better Outcomes, Writing Differentiation and Remediation Strategies for Elementary Grades, Strategies for Building Vocabulary
- Writing Assessment: Rubrics for Expository, Narrative, Persuasive, and Expressive Writing, Writing Pre-Assessment for Grades 3-5, Writing Self-Assessment, Student Writing Inventory
- Focused Writing Resources: Writing a Research Report, Character Traits Writing Activity, Activities for Building Vocabulary
- Writing Prompts and Activities: Seasonal and holiday writing activities, student choice boards for writing, summer writing activities
What You'll Find Inside
Teaching Ideas and Best Practices for Teaching Elementary Writing (pages 3-20)
- How I Teach Elementary Writing - Best Practices for Teaching Writing
- How I Teach Writing: A Veteran Teacher’s 5 Steps for Better Outcomes
Writing Differentiation Strategies and Activities for Elementary Grades (pages 20-35
- Teaching notes and advice
- Let Me Be the Teacher Template
- Step by Step Lesson Plan Outline
- Writing Hooks Template
- Writing the Introduction Guided Lesson Plan
- Sensory Overload Template
- Proofreading Checklist
- Writing a Personal Narrative - Story Organizer
Elementary Writing Pre-Assessment for Grades 3-5(pages 36-41)
- Teaching Notes
- Writing Assessment Script
- Writing Prompts
- Scoring Guide for Correct Word Sequence
Elementary Writing Activities and Printable Rubrics (pages 42-59, 64-72)
- Character Traits Writing Activity
- Rubric for Expository Writing
- Rubric for Expressive/Descriptive Writing
- Rubric for Narrative Writing
- Rubric for Persuasive Writing
- Writing Rubric (Generic)
- Writing Self-Assessment
- Student Writing Inventory
- Strategies and Activities for Buidling Vocabulary
Elementary Writing Graphic Organizers (pages 60-63, 73-96)
- Writing Planning Graphic Organizer Set
- Writing Organizer for Students
- A Map to Organization Graphic Organizer
- Beginning, Middle, End Graphic Organizer
- Brainstorming Web Graphic Organizer
- Citing My Sources Graphic Organizer
- Clustering Graphic Organizer
- Five-Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer
- Five Sentence Paragraph Graphic Organizer
- KWL Chart Graphic Organizer
- Main Idea and Supporting Details Graphic Organizer
- Outlining Graphic Organizer
- Plot/Story Sequence Graphic Organizer
- Story Pyramid Graphic Organizer
- The Handy 5Ws and 1H Graphic Organizer
- 2 Story Timeline Graphic Organizer
- Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Graphic Organizer
- 6 Writing a Research Report
Elementary Writing Choice Boards and Activities Packets(pages 97-135)
- St. Patrick’s Day Writing Activities Packet
- Easter Writing Prompts
- Halloween Story Starter Cards Writing Activity
- Halloween Writing Choice Board
- Thanksgiving Writing Choice Board
- Summer Writing Practice Choice Board
- Vocabulary Choice Board
- Writing Choice Board
- 30 Tips for Teaching Writing at Home - Handout for Parents