Writing conventions

Chants are a highly engaging teaching strategy that support multilingual and monolingual learners alike. Try them out for teaching routines, conventions, and craft in writing workshop.

Teaching punctuation doesn't have to be boring or take a ton of instructional time. These fun activities are easy to prepare and teach students how to effectively use punctuation marks in their writing. #punctuationactivities

Writing FREEBIE from my "Kindergartners Can Be Authors, Too" unit - Kreative in Life

These sentence editing strips are perfect for early elementary students to work on capitalization and punctuation in a fun, hands on way!

Probably saved about five versions of this but I need the reminder

More about Writing Revision

We've only been homeschooling for about 6 weeks and we've already moved our classroom. Actually, we moved it about four weeks ago. Yes, it kind of sucked, but it really worked out for the best. Our old classroom was in the dining room and after a couple of weeks I decided to take my craft room that I had only just begun working on and give it up! Crazy right? I was a bit sad, but I knew it had to be done! I really wanted to have a dining room and a separate classroom space. Honestly, who has…

Conjunctions Anchor Chart

You don't typically learn grammar rules when you learn your native language, you just pick up on the way things are done without even knowing it.

FREE My Editing Checklist - 1 sheet. I used this with my 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students to help them review and improve their writing. If any of their boxes are checked "NO" they must go back and correct the mistakes and check the "CORRECTED" box after they have fixed their mistakes. I kept this sheet at our Writing Center and also had students use them for Writing Homework assignments.