I have 5 Proven Letter Writing Activities that boost student engagement and hit the mark with second and third-grade writing standards! Are you an elementary teacher who wants to teach
Are you a teacher looking to hook students on writing? If so, I’d love to share how to teach friendly letter writing with three key elements to make a lasting
Informational writing can be simple to teach young students if you follow this outline and your lessons are interactive and motivating. Features of Informative Writing If you’re like me and teaching
Read-aloud activities are the backbone to literacy like, baseball is the backbone of American sports. Ok, so that may not be entirely accurate, but the point still stands. A book
Narrative writing units can be fun and exciting for young children (in the beginning). The students start giddy and chatty about their fictional characters and have fun with the plot.
It’s no secret that young students struggle with writing, especially opinion writing! Whether they are having a hard time differentiating facts from opinions or they don’t know where to start,
Are your students excited to use Onomatopoeia-figurative language while speaking but then fall short when it comes time to use figurative language in their writing? Teaching young writers figurative language
I Need My Monster Activities are the perfect segue into discussion opportunities to free common childhood fears. Yes, we’re talking monsters under the bed. Although it was some time ago,
I’m a second-grade teacher who spent years trying to make writing “click” for my students.
What I discovered?
Writing success doesn’t come from more activities—it comes from having a clear system.
That’s why I created the START Writing System—to help teachers like you: