Writing Strategies Reference Sheet Guide Writers Workshop 3rd 4th 5th Grade ELA

Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade writers will feel supported during Writer's Workshop with writing skills and strategies. Narrative writing, informational writing, and opinion writing will become easier. Provide writing process reminders, writing strategies, and writing tips for different types of writing (narrative, informative writing, expository writing, opinion writing) that students must learn with these Writing Reference Sheets. This resource is ideal during writer’s workshop, small groups, writing conferences with students, or any time students need quick writing support. They are perfect for student binders or composition notebooks and make great reference tool booklets!  

This Writing Reference resource is an amazing tool for your students to use. It helps with students feeling “stuck”. It provides them an opportunity to independently review specific writing strategies and generate ideas without feeling like they cannot move forward until the teacher is able to help. These help keep your students engaged in their writing while you can pull your guided writing groups. Additionally, this tool empowers your students to solve their own questions by accessing their reference sheets before asking for help.

Here's what you'll get:

• Printable AND digital options
• Color and Black/White
• Full Page (instructions included to print to smaller scale)
• With AND Without Tabs

Your students will take control of their learning and use these sheets as a self-guided resource to reinforce what they have learned in class. This fosters independence and self-motivation, and makes our kids feel motivated and confident! 

LOW PREP and easy... Just print the student pages and glue them into student notebooks!

Elements Included:

• Writing Genres: Narrative + Personal Narrative, Expository + Informational, Opinion + Persuasive.
  Example titles are given for student reference, writing hook and conclusion examples, as well as graphic organizers for things to consider when writing in that genre. Each page explains what the writing consists of as well as what the writing (story or paragraph) should include.
• Writing Tips: Choosing a Topic, Organizing Your Writing, Effective Writing Habits, Transition Words
• Descriptive Writing: Figurative Language (7 types with a definition, an example, and an explanation), Use Your 5 Senses, Show Don’t Tell, Grow Your Sentence
• Checklists: Writing Process (Brainstorm/Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit, Peer Edit, Publish) and Writing V.O.I.C.E.S -Six Traits (Voice, Organization, Ideas, Conventions, Exciting Word Choice, Sentence Fluency)

Looking for this same resource but for READING? Grab the Reading Reference Helper HERE!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tammika T. says, "This is a great product! I purchased it for use in my fifth grade classroom. I use it to develop and strengthen my students' understanding during small group instruction. This is a great instructional resource! If you're looking for a product that can be differentiated for use with students at varying levels while remaining highly engaging and fun, yet cognitively demanding: Look no further, this is it!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is 5th Grade says, "I love this resource! Such a great thing to have in ONE place for all students. Easily accessible in their literacy binders!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vanessa R. says, "Such a great reference sheet. All the information is relevant and even worked for my middle school child as a reminder and quick reference sheet. Great addition to their writing notebooks."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Almost Saved By The Bell says, "I LOVE giving students a resource they can easily get to and use when they write and these are perfect! It's great that there is an option to have tabs to easily find what they need. Love these!"

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