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Teaching Setting With Mentor Texts

Teaching Setting With Mentor Texts

April 23, 2019 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Setting is one of those reading topics that I love to teach. It's relatively easy for students to understand, and there is so much great literature that can be tied into upper elementary setting instruction. My greatest challenge in teaching setting is having students use text

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Teaching Grammar and Parts of Speech

June 13, 2018 by Ashleigh | 4 Comments

Grammar appears to be a subject that teachers either love or hate to teach. There are also a lot of polarizing opinions on how to teach grammar. Some say it should only be taught in the context of writing instruction, while others believe in a daily grammar block. The purpose of

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Poetry Lessons For Upper Elementary

March 4, 2018 by Ashleigh | 5 Comments

p Most upper elementary students love learning about poetry. It's new, different, and a genre where all students can find a style of poetry they enjoy. The easiest place to begin is to simply read poetry to students, whether it is of a silly or serious variety. Don’t worry

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Teaching Writing Through Writing Workshop

Teaching Writing Through Writing Workshop

October 18, 2017 by Ashleigh | 2 Comments

Writing isn't always the most natural or easy subject to teach. There is SO MUCH involved with writing-from organization, to ideas, to word choice, to conventions, to just getting students to put their pencil to their paper. Over the years, I'm implemented many different writing

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Fun Freebies: Spine Inserts and Creative Writing

August 15, 2016 by Ashleigh | 3 Comments

I absolutely love the comments I receive on my blog, conversations on Facebook, and the feedback in my TpT store! I read it all and take it to heart. I've recently had several requests for spine inserts for all of my big TpT units. Once I finally made the spine inserts and saw

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Opinion Writing Lessons

January 20, 2016 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Opinion writing can be such a fun writing genre for students and teachers! In this post I share some of my favorite opinion writing lessons and activities. I typically begin my opinion writing unit immediately after my informational writing unit, which you can read more about

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Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing

June 17, 2013 by Ashleigh | 3 Comments

Narrative writing is probably my favorite writing genre to teach, and it's by far my favorite genre to read-both mentor texts and student writing. It's also a great way to get to know students on a deeper level. However, personal narratives aren't always easy for students to

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