Using this Getting Down with Proper Nouns Activity, students match and using common and proper nouns pairs to build an understanding of the two types of nouns.

Using Back to School Adjective Writing Activity, students write about the first day of school to including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.

Using Explain It All Informative Explanatory Writing Activity, students write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Using this Framing an Opinion Activity, students gain skills on writing opinion pieces on topics or texts that support a point of view with reasons and information.

Using What Do You Think Opinion Writing Activity, students write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Using Get Ready to Write Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of purposes, and audiences.

Using Contractions Activity, students match two word phrase cards (I cannot) to contractions cards (I can't) in order to use contractions in their writing.

Using this Under the Sea Writing Activity, students use the ocean themed graphic organizers, story starters, sequencing worksheets, mind maps, and ocean themed writing paper to create ocean themed stories.

Using St. Patrick's Day Writing Activity, students brainstorm the sequence of events of how to catch a leprechaun, then publish using them St. Patrick's Day themed writing.

Using this Write About a Time When. . . Activity, students choose a star event card to write a narrative about a time when a specific event happened, such as a time when they were sad.

Using this Three Amigos Poetry Drama Prose Activity, students sort the word cards by genre (prose, poetry, and drama). Use the sorted cards to label and fill out a Venn Diagram.

Using this Tell Us About it Expository Writing Activity, students write informative texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Using Let's Write RAFT Writing Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Using Publish It Writing on the the Computer Activity, students use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.

Using Strengthen Your Writing Revision and Editing Activity, students develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Using the Tell the Group Speaking and Listening Activity, students report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant.

Using 50 States Research Activity, studentsparticipate in shared research and writing projects to learn about the 50 states.

Using this Find It In The Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Using Strengthen Your Writing Activity, students respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Using the Tell Us About It Speaking Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.