Teaching Writing Strategies

When you think about how to teach writing, there really is no one best way.

Using writing rubrics, journaling, and other types of activities are all a part of elementary language arts lessons.

One teacher may be terrific at creative writing topics, a primary teacher rocks her kindergarten writing, and an intermediate teacher hones in on paragraph structure and the benefits of journal writing.

Try some of the resources below - which topic do you need to know more about for teaching elementary writing?

No doubt about it - teaching elementary writing is a complex topic where there are as many variables as there are students and teachers.

These are the essentials of teaching writing to children:

• Focus on small moments they have personally experienced
• Write for real audiences at least some of the time
• Romance your students to develop a love of word play and figurative language
• Teach the rules of good writing - punctuation, capital letters…the mechanics do matter!
• Use mentor texts to provide a foundation for styles of writing
• Understand the stages of writing children progress through
• Provide many opportunities to experience writing every day
• Guide students through the writing process
• Be encouraging of their efforts and allow them to share frequently

There are certainly more teaching writing strategies, and I bet you are thinking of a few I may have left out!

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