When we first teach about Narrative Writing, we focus on something we've done...usually a whole event: Our Pumpkin Patch Field Trip or Going to the Post Office. We help students craft sentences that start with predictable text or repeated sentence…
In January I told you about my visit to Bristol and the Classroom Makeover Winner, Jessica Watts. It was such a fun day and she was as excited as her students to use their "new" classroom set-up. Jessica emailed me…
Froggy Builds a Tree House and I'm so excited to join this fun Mentor Text blog link-up. You'll find a link for the participating bloggers at the bottom of my post for other fun lessons using mentor texts. I love…
You know I love talking about writing. One of the newest SOLs in Virginia for kindergarten is requiring students to complete narrative writing. It really isn't that hard. It's just about routine. I'm going to talk about teaching early learners…