6th grade writing

Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

Love this idea. First grade writing vs. sixth grade writing... Which would you rather read?

An experienced 4th grade teacher's tips to develop strong writers who are capable of writing a quality paragraph including a topic sentence, supporting details that are relevant to the topic, and a satisfying conclusion sentence! Transitional words/phrases are emphasized as well as the mechanics of indenting the start of each paragraph.

Year after year my students struggled with summaries, and then I started using this method for teaching summary writing. Eureka! I will never again teach this skill without this summary anchor chart.

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

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,

teaching ideas, upper elementary classroom ideas, reading ideas,resources for the upper elementary classroom, teaching grammar, graphic organizers

Remember when I wrote about what had been going on with Narrative Writing Lessons a little while ago? That post was actually one that I used in my class with my kids (an idea I stumbled upon last y…

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

Persuasive Essay Writing