Fictional Narrative, Storytelling, and the Impact on Childhood I used to think the most important writing unit I taught was the expository and research unit.

As upper elementary teachers, our goal is to create strong writers. However, the lack of Explicit Writing Instruction has caused students in the US to

Writing instruction at the elementary level needs an overhaul. The last time the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) measured 8th-grade students’ writing proficiency in

As elementary school teachers, we are always thinking about how to integrate subjects. History content and nonfiction text features. A science equation and a math

  As I was sitting at my kidney table, going through my students’ writing, I realized that even my best writers had paragraphs littered with grammatical errors…

Let’s be real…Grammar is important, but it can also be very dry. Since boredom is one of the easiest ways to make our students check

Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I just can’t wait to teach grammar?” I mean, we know that grammar is important and that we do

The end of the year is a hectic time. Kids are checking out as spring fever kicks in and you, as a teacher, are trying

I’ve always loved writing, so it makes sense that I also love to teach writing. Teaching writing though is not always easy. What seems so

Teaching paragraph writing is crucial in my mind. When you consider all the reports and papers a student will need to write during his/her school

This is the last of four in my series on Teaching Paragraph Writing. If you’ve been following along, you know that we’ve discussed Topic Sentences,