Writers workshop

These are my favorite, and most effective, ways of teaching writing to elementary students. You may decide that teaching writing is

How to Start Writing Workshop at the Beginning of the Year. Great back to school writing lessons and freebies!

Writer's Workshop Expectations

Give the children a piece of paper that says “I can’t imagine life without” in the center of the page, and then have the students write all over the page what they cannot live without.

If you're a teacher and you've ever taught writing, I need not insert the thoughts that run through your head as you read a piece that you've worked on for 2 weeks only to get something that looks like this: I went to the beach. It was fun. The food was good. I had fun. My…

Using writer's workshop as your method of teaching writing lessons makes learning fun for students. This post explains how to manage it all.

Writing at the beginning of the year in kindergarten is all about building confidence. The kids have to see themselves as writers - even w...

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