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    Blog Post

    Grow the Reading-Writing Connection

    English Language Arts: 
    Reading
    Writing
    Traits of Writing
    Qualities of Writing
    Writing Process

    Blog Post

    Successful Adulting (or What You Don't Learn in School)

    21st Century Skills: 
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving
    Inquiry Process

    Blog Post

    15 Awesome Persuasive Writing Prompts

    English Language Arts: 
    Writing
    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing Project

    Blog Post

    How to Improve Media Literacy

    21st Century Skills: 
    Media Literacy

    Blog Post

    38 Ways Students Can Create Digital Content

    21st Century Skills: 
    Creating
    Web Project
    Graphing Project
    Audio-Visual Project
    Writing Project

    Blog Post

    7 Steps to a Great Writing Workshop

    English Language Arts: 
    Qualities of Writing
    Ideas
    Structure
    Writing Process
    Prewriting
    Writing
    Revising
    Editing
    Publishing

    Blog Post

    Awaken Creativity—and Students

    21st Century Skills: 
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving

    Blog Post

    How to Scaffold Grammar Instruction

    English Language Arts: 
    Grammar
    Complex Sentences
    Commas
    Sentence Combining

    Blog Post

    Surveying Growth in Your Writing Classroom

    Blog Post

    Inquire About Your Community

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Planning
    Questioning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Visual Literacy
    Web Project

    Blog Post

    Sandwich Your Quotations

    English Language Arts: 
    Quotation Marks
    Writing
    21st Century Skills: 
    Researching

    Blog Post

    Make a Reading-Writing Connection

    English Language Arts: 
    Reading
    Writing
    Logical Organization
    Writing Process
    21st Century Skills: 
    Reading
    Reading to Learn

    Writing Topic

    All about an amazing animal

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Report
    Theme: 
    Animals
    Science

    Writing Topic

    A person who means the world to me

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Family
    Love
    Life
    People

    Writing Topic

    When everything goes wrong

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Family
    Life

    Writing Topic

    A great day with a friend

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Friends
    Play
    Life

    Writing Topic

    A funny time in my family

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Family
    Animals
    Love
    Life
    Fun

    Writing Topic

    A trip on a monorail

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Theme: 
    Travel
    Vehicles
    Science
    Transportation

    Writing Topic

    Water balloons!

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    How-To
    Theme: 
    Play
    Friends
    Family

    Writing Topic

    Helping out around the house

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Work
    Family
    Life
    Home

    Writing Topic

    Swimming at the pool or lake

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Play
    Friends
    Family
    Sports

    Writing Topic

    Things to do in the snow

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Play
    Friends
    Family
    Sports

    Writing Topic

    Dancing to the music

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Play
    Friends
    Family

    Writing Topic

    A walk in the woods

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Story
    Play
    Poem
    Theme: 
    Environment
    Seasons

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