3rd grade writing

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 »

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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 […]

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

Summer vacation is here! Keep young minds active with these 15 exciting summer writing prompts for 3rd grade!

Narrative writing lesson plans for third grade! The best mentor texts, story prompts and lesson ideas to keep students engaged and get them ready to write creative stories.

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…

Calling all upper elementary writing teachers, this completely FREE opinion writing starter kit will help you teach or review opinion writing with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. This set inclues an opinion writing anchor chart, modeled writing with coordinating guiding questions to help you teach this genre, student reference page and prompt project to get you started! You will love this free opinion writing printable set! Click today to grab it and it to your writing lesson plans!

100+ Awesome writing prompts for 3rd grade. (free printable as well!)

The 3rd-grade writing prompts are designed to help children tap into their imagination. It can also be used to express their feelings.

HOW TO TEACH PARAGRAPH WRITING GRADE 3 is fun and engaging with these no prep writing activities!

Get your students writing with these free lesson plans. This procedural writing unit includes graphic organizers, templates, mentor texts, worksheets, an editing checklist, revising suggestions, and rubrics. Perfect for your first, second, third, fourth, or fifth graders. Also includes primary lines for kindergartners. How To writing has never been so easy.