Tuesday, July 21, 2015

My New Writing Center!

I am so excited about my new writing center!  I have been working hard on it this summer trying to get it finished before the upcoming school year.  
 
Here are some pictures of the final product!
 
 
I plan on slowly adding each writing type to the center as we learn it during writing time.  By the end of the school year the students will be able to choose from the many options to write about during their writing center time.  Hopefully this will help keep the writing center fun and motivating for my students.  It will also help the students review and practice all the different types of writing we have learned throughout the school year.
 
 
Each pocket is filled with a different writing outline page. 
There are also helpful writing posters in some of the pockets to help the students as they write.
 
 
 
 
It's hard to see in the picture, but there are writing prompt cards for each type of writing hanging on the hooks next to the writing type.
 
The students will take a writing outline page, choose a writing prompt, and begin writing!
 
 
Here is a look of the activities for each type of writing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The students will use the writing prompt calendars to help them think of a topic to write about if they are struggling with an idea.
 
 
Click HERE to download my Writing Center Board Setup and Activities from my TpT Store!
 
 
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Writing Prompt Task Cards

This summer I have been working on updating my writing center.  In the past, my writing center would consist of some type of writing outline page and then a writing prompt.  I hate to admit it, but my writing prompt would be a last minute idea that would be written on a sticky note and stuck to the center tub.  After a couple of weeks I would end up forgetting what prompts I had used before.  Many times the students would get to the writing center and have to remind me that they had already written about that before.  So I made it my mission this summer to update my writing center! 
 
I have created these writing prompt task cards that will make planning and changing out my centers so easy!
 
 
I can pick one writing prompt for all the students to write about or I can let the students choose a prompt off of the ring. 
 

 
I can't wait to use them this year!  I made writing prompt cards for opinion writing, step writing, personal narrative writing, fictional narrative writing, and letter writing/postcard writing.  I plan on changing out my writing center throughout the year to each type of writing as we cover it during our writing lessons. 
 
Click HERE to download my Opinion Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store!



Click HERE to download my Step Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store!



Click HERE to download my Personal Narrative Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store!



Click HERE to download my Fictional Narrative Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store!
 
 
 
 Click HERE to download my Letter/ Writing/Postcard Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store!

OR Click HERE to download ALL of my Writing Prompt Cards from my TpT store in a bundle!
 
 
 
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