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.

Using Adding Details to Your Story Activity, students give a description and then add detail to the story by responding to questions and peer suggestions to inspire a longer writing piece.

Using this Wants Needs Reading Response Worksheet, students readAlexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday to build their understanding of wants and needs.

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

UsingEarth Day Writing Activity, students brainstorm the sequence of events of a growing seed, then publish using them Earth Day themed writing.

Using this Digital Dilemma Research Activity, students use digital tools to follow directions on a task card.

Using this Writing Tweets Activity, students choose a prompt about the included story "Making a Milk or Juice Carton Bird Feeder" and produce a writing sample.

Using this Take Note Writing Activity, students use a variety of print and digital resources to research about a topic.

Using this Proofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity, students make punctuation and capitalization corrections on the laminated activity cards.

This Now Presenting - Report on a Topic Activity is a fun way for students to learn about Summarizing and presentations!

Using Color Me Curious Research Writing Activity, students participate in shared research and writing projects to learn about any topic.

Using this Help From Other Author's Activity helps, students collect story elements from literary or informational texts to write their own story.

Using this Tell Us a Story Vacation Writing Activity, students write a narrative that tells about an event that you experienced or read about.

Using Find Out More Research Project Writing Activity, studentsparticipate in shared research and writing projects to learn about any topic.

Using Gathering Answers Recalling Information Activity, students recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Using How Words Work Poetry Activity, students describe how words &phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Using Wishes and Stars Peer Publishing Activity, students use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

Using Write about Bugs Activity, studentswrite informative texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Using Work in Progress Writing Worksheet, students write about something that they like to do to share their writing with a friend to gain feedback to improve their writing.

Using this Complete Sentences with Subject and Predicate Activity, students match subjects and predicates to create sentences with complete ideas.