by Jaymie Genovese | Apr 11, 2023 | Science, writing
Spring is the perfect time to teach animal report writing! By this time of the year, students are reading and writing a bit more independently and are ready for a challenge. Writing an animal report is perfect for their first experience with how to do research. Today,...
by Jaymie Genovese | Dec 12, 2022 | back to school, reading, writing
What is a reading response journal? A reading response journal is a reading comprehension strategy used to help readers reflect on and write about their thoughts and feelings about books. Typically, the responses are kept in a spiral or composition notebook. The...
by Jaymie Genovese | Aug 11, 2022 | writing
Stretch the sentence writing worksheets are a great way for your students to learn about revising their writing. Revising is an important skill for first graders to learn, but teaching revising can be tricky! Today, I’m sharing one of my favorite strategies to...
by Jaymie Genovese | Jan 29, 2017 | writing
Practicing Sentence Writing Do your students need practice with sentence writing? Writing complete sentences is always such a challenge for first graders! They struggle with capitalization and punctuation as well as creating a complete sentence. Students need a TON of...
by Jaymie Genovese | Jul 11, 2016 | writing
Teaching opinion writing can be a lot of fun in First Grade. First graders have LOTS of opinions, and they love to share them! Here are a few ideas that have helped me to teach opinion writing to first graders. Teach Students How to Write a Topic Sentence. I have...
by Jaymie Genovese | May 15, 2016 | writing
#1- Write in front of the kids daily If you are teaching first grade writing, modeling is key! I know for many of us the thought of writing in front of the kids is terrifying. Most of us weren’t English majors, and I think it brings back memories of red ink when we...
