Informative writing 6th grade

Expository Thinking Map

I have always found writing to be one of the most challenging subjects to teach. More specifically, informative, or explanatory writing has always been my biggest nemesis!! My students often come to me with varying levels of writing background, their own unique styles, and a variety of topic interests. It has taken me many years to fine tune my craft for teaching informative writing. Over the years, I have developed mini-lessons to help my students to better understand this particular genre…

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

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Students will discover three techniques to hook readers: with an interesting fact, a question, or by imagining a scene.

Informational Writing, Research Writing, Writer's Workshop, Anchor Chart, 5th grade, ELA, Layout

This informational writing anchor chart is just one example of a lesson plan from this amazing informational writing unit! Includes FREE worksheet on how to pick a good topic to write about!

Informational Writing, Research Writing, Writer's Workshop, Anchor Chart, 5th grade, ELA

Informative text based writing

Are your students creating disorganized paragraphs when writing about information or expository text? Find out how I help students organize their facts before writing a paragraph about an animal. This is Week 3 of a series on Informational Writing.

Informative Writing is one of the most important types of writing we teach our students. In this post I'm sharing 5 tips for How to Teach Informative Writing and details about the Informational Writing Mini-Unit resources created for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students. #informationalwriting #firstgradewriting #secondgradewriting #literacycenters

Expository planning- I wish I could make charts this pretty!

Teaching Informational Writing in the Secondary ELA Classroom: Four Essential Tips - When teaching students how to write informational and explanatory essays, these four informational writing teaching ideas and strategies will greatly help you out. Teaching Informational Writing | Middle School Informational Writing | High School Informational Writing | Secondary ELA Writing Lessons

Find information, tips, and ideas in this blog post for teaching your third grade students about informational writing. Included you will find tips for engaging your students in the informational writing process. Read it today, or pin it and save it for later!

For my 4th grade writing workshop launch.

Name-calling is one of the easiest propaganda devices for students to understand. Watch commercials from the cell phone companies and political ads here.

Summarizing Strategy - Someone wanted but then so

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