Third grade writing

When teaching narrative writing in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade, there are so many writing skills to cover. They range from creating a sequence of events (beginning, middle, and end) to more difficult

Simple tips for improving writing in your second or third grade classroom. These tips are a must if you want better writers!

I am so excited to be ‘back in the saddle’ and teaching third grade again this year! I’ve been busily working on learning the new standards and crafting a plan that works for my new students in the fall. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know that my favorite two grades...Read More »

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.

Teach students how to write a paragraph! This paragraph writing resource includes 8 important steps with graphic organizers to help your students learn to write a good 5 sentence paragraph and about paragraph structure.

Have you ever found yourself googling, ‘how do you teach third grade writing?’ or tearing your hair out wondering the best way to teach grade 3 writing? Well don’t worry, I’m going to share the steps that you need to take so that you feel confident in how to teach 3rd grade writing! In this post, I discuss modeling, vocabulary, as well as things like writing prompts and revising/editing. This post is perfect for new third grade teachers!

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Writing creative stories in second or third grade. 6 great tips for great writing time!

Are you wondering how to teach narrative writing to your 3rd grade students? Are you looking for engaging and no prep story writing prompts? These narrative worksheets are perfect for writing lessons, writing centers, or writer's workshop. Your third grade students will love these activities during literacy lessons. If you're looking for a narrative writing lesson idea or narrative writing prompts, these printables are for you! These are for year 3 personal narratives and fictional…

Hi Friends! Confession time…writing is my LEAST favorite subject to teach. I know, I know…teachers shouldn’t have favorites! In all seriousness, teaching writing to first graders was not my favorite subject to teach. I was in a place where I thought, “If it’s boring to me, isn’t it boring for them?” I desperately needed to spice things up. That year I made it my professional goal to improve my writing instruction. I spent time reading, researching best practices and developing a system that…

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Research and writing in 3rd grade. How I used Time For Kids to motivate reluctant writers.

Need writing ideas for kids? Grab 40 printable writing prompt cards or third through fifth graders, ages 8 - 10.

ELAR, Reading, writing, teacher, comma, anchor chart

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

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!

This freebie features a FREE narrative writing prompt in 5 versions (K-4th Grade). Check out my blog post where I share this and TWO other freebies!

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150+ fun, creative and thoughtful 4th grade writing prompts to encourage children to express their thoughts and feelings.

Writing doesn’t have to be hard. Whenever I talk to fellow teachers about what they HATE teaching… it always seems to be writing. Why is that? I theorize that it’s because writing is very personal. There’s no cut and dry methods that work for ALL students. It is also time consuming to teach AND especially […]