R.J. Palacio’s book Wonder lends itself to an excellent, low prep writing unit that also teaching point of view with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students

A POV Writing Unit With R. J. Palacio’s Book Wonder

Written by guest blogger Daniela Garay Are you looking for a fun and meaningful narrative writing unit for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students? Here it is! Language arts teachers strive for a stronger cross-curricular relationship between reading and writing that interconnects both subjects more purposefully and meaningfully. This point of view writing unit does just that! It takes the …

Review nonfiction text features with lessons that integrate writing for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students

Nonfiction Text Features – Review Through Writing

When reviewing nonfiction text features, we often overemphasize being able to name and identify different text features within text. While this is a great place to start (consider using this free slideshow or these free text feature charts to introduce your students), we don’t want to stop there!   Having 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students create their own text features …