Small moments writing

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Zoom into small moments to launch your Narrative Writing unit is a hands-on and fun way! Read these tips and ideas for getting littles writing narratives!

September is here and so is a new Writer’s Workshop! This is an exciting year for our students. They take the knowledge of beginning, middle and end stories and begin to truly craft a creati…

So often, students just tell about the large picture of an experience. They get so caught up in listing all of the “moments” of the experience that they forget to really hone in on each

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When we teach children how to write, it's important that they are able to narrow a topic down to a small moment. These mentor text picture books will help you model how to write about small moments.

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Sometimes, children choose writing topics that are simply too: My Trip to Disneyland, My Weekend, or My Family. And while writers may start off excited about their topic, often the quality of wri…

A teaching blog post on teaching narrative writing to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade! Tons of teaching tips and ideas including narrative writing anchor charts with examples, narrative writing prompts, and graphic organizers. Includes ideas for teaching writing skills like small moments writing, fiction story elements, building characterization, writing strong narrative hooks and leads, and writing types of narrative endings. Great for writer's workshop with elementary students in 1st to 3rd grade!