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Student Writing Model
My Trip to Mexico
Many details are included in this writing, and a personal tone emerges. The piece has a clear beginning, middle, and ending.
Level:
Grade 1
Mode:
Narrative Writing
Form:
Narrative Paragraph
Theme:
Play
Travel
Geography
Student Writing Model
My Dad
Dylan, a second-grade writer, shares his very personal feelings in an honest, direct way. His first and last sentences tell the whole story; and the middle sentences give the reader important, heartfelt details about Dylan’s experience.
Level:
Grade 2
Mode:
Narrative Writing
Form:
Personal Narrative
Theme:
Family
Love
Life
Student Writing Model
Jet Bikes
Fifth-grader Ethan moves the reader smoothly through his personal narrative with transition words like first, then, also, so far, and when.
Level:
Grade 4
Grade 5
Mode:
Narrative Writing
Form:
Personal Narrative
Theme:
Goals
Work
Money
Life
Sports
Exercise
Blog Post
Unlocking Literacy Across the Curriculum
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Literacy Skills
Communicating
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Blog Post
Teaching the Process of Learning
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
Developing Students' Social-Emotional Intelligence
Blog Post
Test Your Social-Emotional Intelligence
Blog Post
Teaching Innovation and Problem Solving
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Blog Post
Critical and Creative Thinking: Lessons from Calvin and Hobbes
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Blog Post
5 Questions to Analyze Any Communication
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Communicating
Blog Post
Deeper Thinking for the Common Core
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Building Arguments
Succeeding in School
Taking Tests
Blog Post
Helping Students Be Awesome
21st Century Skills:
Project-Based Learning
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
100 Guiding Questions for Summer
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Blog Post
Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Blog Post
Networking Your Students' Neurons
Blog Post
Your Class Calendar as a Meeting Place: Lessons from Stonehenge
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Initiative
Leadership
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Blog Post
5 Keys to Successful Student Collaborations
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Communicating
Collaborating
Social Skills
Initiative
Flexibility
Productivity
Blog Post
Bring Out the Teacher in Your Students
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Social Skills
Leadership
Blog Post
Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Initiative
Leadership
Blog Post
Crowdsourcing in Your Classroom
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Blog Post
Vocabulary for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Literacy Skills
Reading to Learn
Writing to Learn
Building Vocabulary
Blog Post
10 Reasons to Try Project-Based Learning
21st Century Skills:
Project-Based Learning
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
What does your PLN look like?
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Communicating
Collaborating
Social Skills
Initiative
Flexibility
Productivity
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
Blog Post
Serious Fun in the Classroom
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Social Skills
Productivity
Problem Solving