Classroom Language

Use these graphic organizers and helpful tips to have your students sharing their opinions in clear and concise paragraphs.

Ideas, resources, and structures for helping students introduce a topic, give and explain a detail, & wrap-up their thinking as a part of paragraph writing.

This strategy for writing paragraphs will transform your writing instruction! This scaffolded lesson teaches students how to write effective information and persuasive paragraphs using three different colors. The lesson includes guided practice and independent practice.

The Day the Crayons Quit Mini Response After reading the popular book 'The Day the Crayons Quit", use this fun activity in class! Students fill in the name of the color they choose to write about, write their favorite thing to draw with that color, and then draw a picture. Working on Writing? You...

Opinion Writing with The Day the Crayons Quit is part of Kindergarten writing, Persuasive letter, Second grade writing, Classroom writing, Opinion writing, Writing lessons - Hi, friends! We’re in the home stretch! Just a few more weeks! Since we just wrapped up our opinion unit, I thought I’d post all about how we used one of our favorite stories to learn all about writing a persuasive letter This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience Any purchases made …

This resource contains 8 pages of writing worksheets. This product is suitable for kindergarten through second grade students. Students are encouraged to use thinking skills while improving their writing skills. These pages can be used for morning work, literacy centers, and writing center.Kindergarten | Kindergarten Worksheets | First Grade | Informational Writing Prompts | Opinion Writing Prompts | Narrative Writing Prompts | Build a Story | Create a Story | Free Writing Prompts | Free…

Are you ready for Valentine's Day? I can't believe it's just around the corner. My first graders and I have been busy celebrating everythin...

With the holiday season and the first snow fall, comes lots of excitement in students. Having fun, hands on, educational winter activities available gives students an outlet for this excitement in a meaningful way. I love

Make writing meaningful and magical this holiday with these Christmas writing prompts and activities! Over 30 prompts cover a variety of types of writing such as stories, lists, letters, how-to, poems, and more. They're perfect for writing instruction, centers, morning work, early finishers, or jus...

As this week has come to an end and I have been putting this blog post together, I have been thinking about how much my students have grown this year. It truly is amazing to think about! I couldn’t be more proud of them! They have grown tremendously with their academic successes and their independence. […]

My students have such a hard time with adding description to their writing. These Show Don't Tell charts help elementary students to write with more expression, detail, description and to show action. Each anchor chart comes with a commonly overused word in writing and examples of how to show that word with detail. Great for revising, writing journals and notebooks, resource rings & wall posters. #showdonttell #writingstrategy #writersworkshop #anchorcharts #descriptivewriting #narrativewrit

Adorable printable Positivity Journal to help encourage gratitude and happiness! This gratitude journal is great for kids and adults and encourages you to record positive experiences every day. Perfect for Thanksgiving or to give as a gift. Kids and adults will love this adorable sloth journal with prompts for gratitude and character each day. #journal #journaling #journalideas #sloth #gratitudejournal

Praciticing sight words take a lot of repetition and practice. These sight word videos are perfect for both and are sure to be a hit with your students!

Editable spelling activities... Type your word list once and all the spelling activities auto fill! These are great spelling activities for first grade and second grade spelling! | spelling words list | editable spelling list | spelling list template | teacher printables | printable vocabulary worksheets | editable vocabulary templates