Guided writing

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

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

Do you do writing workshop with your students? My program has evolved over the last 23 years, and now it runs smoothly – although I can’t help but add new ideas each year! Long before I expect students to write stories, we spend a lot of time discussing stories. For example, every time we read […]

What if I told you moving your ENTIRE writing instruction to small group instruction will turn your students into INCREDIBLE writers? Well, I’m telling you that. I moved from teaching writing whole group with writing conferences on the side to GUIDED WRITING. It was a game changer. Let’s start from the beginning. All of your […]

Help your students write a successful short story by guiding them through this process. Includes free graphic organizers - great for the pre-writing process for narrative stories!

LINED WRITING PAPER - dotted lines, sentence starters and scaffolding for narrative writing in kindergarten - first grade - second grade #kindergarten #firstgrade #kindergartenwriting #narrativewriting

How do you develop Kindergarten reading comprehension? Here are some tips and a look at these purposeful Kindergarten response worksheets.

Mrs. Mendez's Monkeys Kindergarten