Write the first one together
Pick an animal and write a fact piece in front of the class, thinking out loud: "My topic is frogs. Now I need facts." Then kids write their own with the same frame. Seeing the whole process once makes the blank page far less scary.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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