5th grade writing

Did you think teaching students to write would be a snap? I mean, you are a college-educated, certified individual. How hard could it possibly be? Well, it’s a challenge, especially when just starting out. In my classroom,

One of my all-time favorite writing topics focuses on writing showing sentences instead of telling sentences. The anchor chart below highlights the difference between a showing sentence and a telling

Here is a super fun and easy group activity you can try to teach your students complete sentences and beyond.

Paragraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn all about writing a paragraph.WHAT'S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 different writing prompts (20 opinion, 20 informative, & 20 narrative)Brainstormin...

As adult writers, we have a clear idea of how we each personally attack a piece of writing. For me, I know that I tend to spend a lot of time collecting information, using sticky

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!

Writing anchor chart for revising and editing! This chart helped my third graders revise and edit their writing during Writing Workshop.

Informational writing can be a very new type of writing for many elementary students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. Primary students are usually used to writing in their daily journal or creating fictional

When I look back to my first experience teaching five paragraph essays to fifth graders, I can remember how terribly unprepared I felt. I knew that the five paragraph essay format was what my stude…

Follow this step-by-step lesson plan to teach your students how