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Essay Writing Activities for Upper Elementary

Scaffolded writing activities to teach essay structure, opinion writing, informational writing, and literary response in 3rd to 5th grade. Includes templates, checklists, and revision tools for upper elementary classrooms.
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Longwing Learning | 4th & 5th Grade Writing, Reading, ELA
Did writing with paired texts show up on your 5th grade writing assessments? Paired passages don't have to be a headache to teach, even when they have to be used to write five paragraph essays. Learn about my step-by-step method for teaching paired texts with writing prompts. Tips for integrating other subjects as well as close reading included! #pairedtexts #5thgradewriting #fiveparagraphessay
Teaching fourth graders to elaborate on a topic? Here is writing strategy for elaboration with step by step directions, exit tickets, and writing anchor chart. Teach 4.W.2.5 with easy and hands-on activities. Resources and ideas for both 4th and 5th grade classrooms. #4thgrade #writing #elaboration
Are you looking for ways to turn your students into CREATIVE writers? Empower students to explore their creativity with the free website, drawastickman.com. They will absolutely love this quick and easy activity!

Text Based Writing

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Feedback: Glowing vs. Growing
3rd Grade Thoughts - Glow and Grow
Getting students to write can be challenging! What I love about writing conferences is not only the one-on-one time with students, but figuring out where they are getting "stuck" and helping them improve. This post shares everything from tracking and analyzing feedback to how you can best organize your materials!

WRITING CONFERENCES

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Teaching 5th grade writing doesn't have to be stressful or overwhelming. This blog post will give you my step-by-step guide for teaching your 5th graders to write like pros!
Teaching fourth graders to elaborate on a topic? Here is writing strategy for elaboration with step by step directions, exit tickets, and writing anchor chart. Teach 4.W.2.5 with easy and hands-on activities. Resources and ideas for both 4th and 5th grade classrooms. #4thgrade #writing #elaboration
Small moments for BIG impact. Best way to get kids to write meaningful narratives.

TEACHING WRITING

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Informational Writing: Paraphrasing
Research Projects In Kindergarten
Expository Writing Anchor Chart | Writing Expository / Informational writing anchor chart by Raelynn8

Informative Writing

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Striking classroom theme ideas 1st grade #classroom #classroomdecor #bulletinboards #decor #classroomorganization
Small moments for BIG impact. Best way to get kids to write meaningful narratives.
Writing conferences are valuable to provide direct feedback to students . Here Kelli from @mrscessac5th has made this process extra special by adding donuts . Im sure this would motivate even the most reluctant writer to meet . #essaywriting #writing #fourthgrade #longwing

Motivating Students to Write

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Narrative Writing: Launching Writer's Workshop in 1st Grade. Love the ideas and anchor charts in this blog post!
This anchor chart for first & second graders features transition words for narrative writing story order. Students should use transition words in their writing to have a clear beginning, middle, and end to their writing. {1st, 2nd grade, writer's workshop, balanced literacy}
Hello! Welcome to our fall mentor text link up! The book I chose to feature is An A From Miss Keller by Patricia Polacco. If you’re like me (and most intermediate level ELA teachers I know!), you’re

Narrative Writing

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