Upper elementary writing

Teaching poetry doesn't have to be difficult! Easily introduce, teach, and practice poetry writing to your upper elementary students in 3rd grade, 4th grade, or 5th grade. You'll find my top 5 ideas for introducing and teaching poetry to kids, as well as my 5 favorite resources. Download a FREE poetry practice and writing resource for Poetry Month, too!

Are you looking for ways to improve your upper elementary word study or spelling routine this year? You've hit the jackpot! See how I organize and schedule my word study block and routine, differentiate for all levels of spellers, what word study activities have proved successful with students, and

Do you have struggling writers who just don't seem to be growing? Do you have reluctant writers who don't seem to get much writing completed? In every class that I have ever taught, there has always been a handful of kiddos that just don't like writing. These students can be toughest to reach. You have

Imagine giving your students a roadmap for writing – a clear path to express their thoughts more effectively. That’s precisely what these RACES activities do! Watch your students' writing skills soar with these quick and effective practice ideas for elementary writers.

Use words from independent reading to jumpstart vocabulary building in your classroom! Upper elementary readers will love learning about new and unfamiliar words in their texts with this daily routine. In about 10 minutes a day, students will increase their vocabulary throughout the year. Read about how to do it in this blog post for elementary teachers!

Teaching kids to write strong beginnings to their personal narratives has always been challenging. And then I found this Uh-mazing anchor chart on Pinterest: Turns out it is from one of my favorite blogs! Stephanie at Third Grade Thoughts wrote about using her chart here. She wrote about it way back in March before I started following her. Thank you for posting exactly what I needed 7 months before I even needed it! I made my own copycat anchor chart. The first day I introduced the…

My students are always using and referring to different writing tools. I created these individual writing toolkits with lots of free writing resources.

Upper elementary descriptive writing activities. Includes anchor charts for expanding sentences and descriptive writing prompts.

What are Weekly Writing Choice Boards and how will they boost your students’ writing skills? Read on to find out! Do you dread giving your students a writing assignment because you don’t want to hear the

Are you looking for fun back to school activities for your upper elementary students? Today, I am sharing 5 back to school ideas that your fourth and fifth grade students will love. I share a fun bookmark activity, classroom game show activity, and writing activity. You can use these as part of your first week lesson plans or incorporate them into your first month of school lesson plans. These activities are great for adding in while you teach classroom routines, procedures and rules.