Once your students can write a complete sentence independently, it is time to start expanding those sentences to add more details. Instead of “The dog can run.” you want your students to start writing sentences like, “The brown dog can run fast.” or even multiple sentences like “My brown dog
In Kindergarten, one of the main writing skills that students will learn is how to write a sentence. Teaching kids how to write a sentence takes a lot of modeling and patience. You can watch how I teach how to model writing a sentence here. Once they are able to
Setting up writing center activities kindergarten students can use all year long doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In fact, keeping your writing centers simple, predictable, and skill-building is the best way to help young writers grow confidently. During my literacy rotations, my students visited the writing center every day, and
It’s time to plan out your weekly writing lessons for Kindergarten, but where do you start? Planning your weekly writing lessons doesn’t need to be complicated or super detailed. I just use a few simple go-to writing lessons that my students love. Today on the blog, I am sharing how
Teaching writing in Kindergarten always shows tremendous growth in your students. They will start Kindergarten barely able to write their name to being able to write a few complete sentences independently! But, just how do you get there? This writing blog series will teach you all about the writing progression
If you are a teacher, you can probably figure out this sentence written by a 5 year old: “The bdrfi iz prpl.” When I asked the student what it said, they proudly pointed to each word and read, “The butterfly is purple.” Although you may feel inclined to have the
Do you wish your students were able to write independently? They can! All they need is a little help getting there. The best independent writing activity for Kindergarten that I’ve used are picture prompts! Picture prompts can help students become more confident in writing independently by giving them a picture
The next step in building independent writers is to teach sentence structure in kindergarten. My favorite way to introduce and practice sentence structure is through a hands-on sentence building activity using a pocket chart. This approach helps students learn about sentence structure and how to form a complete sentence without
The first step in building independent writers is teaching them how to write a complete sentence. Your students may not know what a sentence is, let alone how to write it! If your students are able to copy words from a whiteboard and write letters correctly, then you are ready
