Common Core State Standards. The Common Core State Standards have made it even more important for educators to assist students in making the connections between writing and reading through thoughtful and well-planned instruction, assignments and feedback.
The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) created Common Core State Standards-aligned writing rubrics as a resource to assist teachers with this work. These rubrics are intended to help in instructional planning and to provide guidance in assisting students with the writing process. Writing Prompts. Sutherland, Margaret, 2nd Grade / Monthly Journal Prompts. PartsOfLetter. Friendly Letter Template and Lesson Plan. Here's a Friendly Letter printable template and lesson plan.
This lesson plan includes a pre-assessment, optional read aloud, ways to include handwriting (such as cursive), technology and a friendly letter bulletin board. Materials: Friendly Letter (2 per student- one for the pre-assessment, 1 for post instruction)Friendly Letter written by the teacher (transparency for large group instruction or one copy for each small group)PencilErasersFairy Tale Mail by Rozanne WilliamsStudent chosen book, which has a favorite character they would like to write to. My November Top Ten List: Word Study in Action. Spelling_elementary. Spelling_upper. Freeman's Third Grade Class. Wonderopolis. Third Grade Journal Writing Prompts. Kids Journaling for the Joy of It… I love to write about journaling tips, creative journaling and journal writing techniques.
I love journaling so much that I wrote and published two kids journals! Every-Day Edits.