Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop Students will enjoy recognizing rhyming words with these fun activities.		"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...
Birthday Buddies Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.
Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...		Beginning, Middle, and End Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This...
Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.		Web-Writing Tips for Students Print this handout for your students to refer to while they are creating web pages.
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Use this graphic organizer to help students write in a journalistic fashion. This printable is...		Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show...
Appreciation Cards Students make "Appreciation Cards" for people who have jobs that impact their lives.		Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.
I Can Print My Name This chart records a student's manuscript printing progress through the year.		How Can Families Help Students Improve Their Writing Skills? Families are a powerful influence in children's academic development. When family members are...
Gun Safety—What Would You Do? Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a...		25 Ways to Motivate Young Writers Improve students' writing skills with these 25 ways to motivate young writers.
Be a Peacemaker Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about...		Author's Chair Author's Chair (where students are encouraged to share their work with the class) is the final...