Let Pete the Cat inspire students to keep going as writers. 

Celebrate President's Day with this creative writing opportunity. 

Here are some age-appropriate and engaging ideas to use to honor Dr. King. 

An authentic and versatile way to demonstrate learning, writing can be seamlessly integrated into any subject area.

If we are going to ask students to write, we must provide an audience for the work. 

Despite how daunting it can feel to begin a poetry unit with children, Jen McDonough has discovered that young children are natural poets!

Here are five different ideas Jen McDonough uses in her classroom for supporting students who don't know what to write about.

Here is a clever craft idea that will end "I Can't Find A Pencil" laments forever.  

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of February.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of March.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of April.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of May.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of June.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of July.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of August.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of September.

This simple lesson will help our youngest learners elevate their level of writing by adding details.

Open to All! It is fun to see and read about field trips from the students' perspectives. Download one of these papers to use for their sharing.

Engage your students in a fun and creative Thanksgiving activity!

Check out this awesome series by LaNesha Tabb!

Use this writing activity at the end of the year, as a summer assignment, or as a back to school icebreaker!

Looking for a way for students to reflect on their positive experiences from the school year? Have students write a letter! Use plain paper or one of these templates.

Story planners and writing paper to use with students this April Fool's Day.

Looking for ways to keep your students writing during Spring Break? Here are a few fun ideas!

Add some fun to your Leap Day by providing your students with special writing paper and time to be creative.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of December.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of January.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of October.

Download writing paper that has a fun nod to the month of November.

Take a look at these ideas to inspire a spirit of play in our young writers. 

These how-to videos take you from start to implementation of responding to reading. 

Not knowing how to spell a word tends to put the brakes on writing fluency and stamina building. In this video, Gail gives students an important strategy that will allow them to keep their writing flowing.

Pam skillfully coaches Nicole to write more effective summaries when reading fiction.

Watch Jessica teach an Independent Writing foundation lesson showcasing the underline and move on strategy. 

Watch Gail teach this lesson. 

Could you be incorporating this phrase into your daily conversation? 

Students will find it hard to be reluctant writers once they see all the possibilities open to them. 

Kristin shares 4 ideas on what we can do when students hit a wall of frustration. 

Three teachers share their next step ideas after hearing a student read their work. 

Watch this short video of a kindergarten student sharing his story. 

Try this fun way to explore how authors begin a story and inspire the writers in your room to vary their own work. 

Watch and listen as Rhonda helps Christopher narrow down a topic. 

You won't want to miss the detail in this writing journal!

Discover two books that usually inspire students to produce a blitz of acrostic poetry.

Just in time for National Poetry Month comes an idea that you are going to love! 

Your students will love using this paint-store find as a poetry jump start.

This easy and accessible tool helps inspire writers and enrich vocabulary.

This series of five videos shows how Gail meets with a fourth grade class new to writer's notebooks.

The vocabulary strategy of Tune In to interesting words is also a great strategy for Word Choice is writing  Listen in as Gail works on both of these strategies.

Karen Roberts is a master at scaffolding for her young learners. Here is how she supports young writers as they write informational stories.

This is proof that a conference can be focused, intentional, and brief! 

Danielle French works closely with her students, which enables her to discern what they do well and what she can layer on to help them elaborate their work. 

Danielle demonstrates drawing out cues young and easily-distracted students.

Students discover a connection between Three Ways to Read and their writing workshop.

Here is a great idea for keeping notebooks organized and functional. 

Allison Behne shares how her son's teacher inspired him to write through the use of a Student/Teacher journal.

Here are a couple of ideas for student research reports.

Julie Ahrendson shares how personalized writing notebooks inspire her students to write.