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Kickstart your Writer's Workshop with these ready-to-print Writing Lessons for the Beginning of the Year! Tailored for 1st and 2nd graders, these engaging lessons help build foundational writing skills and inspire young writers.
Kickstart your Writer’s Workshop with these ready-to-print Writing Lessons for the Beginning of the Year! Tailored for 1st and 2nd graders, these engaging lessons help build foundational writing skills and inspire young writers. The explicit writing instruction, mentor texts, and sharing writing create a strong writing structure in your classroom
My goals for the first few weeks of our writing together include…
The resources and mini-lessons in this download are intended to be pre-Writer’s Workshop in 1st grade, building a strong writing foundation for all of your students. Included in this resource…
All the materials and information you need to implement the mini-lessons (rubrics, sentence stems, student work samples, teacher prompts, etc.)
Writing Paper Templates
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Cozy Schoolhouse Learning –
My students loved this resource. They found it fun and engaging
Lisa A. –
I was a little disappointed with this material. Had some great tools but not really what I was looking for after purchasing it. I was hoping for more detailed plans.
Debby H. –
I loved using this with my class! It was a great way to engage them while reviewing writing skills at the beginning of the year.
Jennifer S. –
Perfect resource to use to prepare for writing with my first graders. I’ve never taught first and this likes like a great starting place for me.
Madi G. –
My students and I enjoyed using this resource in the classroom.
Maureen H. –
Great teacher resource that was easy to use and a time saver.
Monica K. –
This resource is a fantastic tool to use in my class! My students were engaged and learned so much through the activities used. I appreciate the ease of use. I highly recommend this resource!
teachingin2nd –
Great resource! Helped students with getting ready for writer’s workshop.
Samantha S. –
This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Peggy Haas –
This resource outlines all the steps necessary to set up and run an excellent writing block.
Karen Dubie –
Good beginning of the year entry point for writing. Engaging way to get a baseline piece from kids.
Cindy K. –
A great resource to use at the beginning of the year to introduce writer’s workshop. The students enjoyed the writing activities.
Teaching With Destiny –
This provides a great visual for my low learners when doing an independent writing station.
Cynthia K. –
were great lessons for the beginning of the year to cover what is expected in writing and to find out what they already know
Brandi S. –
I use this at the beginning of the year with my third graders! It’s definitely more geared towards younger students but certainly still beneficial for my third graders.
Foreman Teaches –
Thank you for sharing this resource with my students. Thank you.