Ten Books for Launching Writer’s Workshop *Free mentor text download
If you’re just starting out with Writer’s Workshop and you’re trying to figure out how to launch it in your classroom and introduce it to your kids, this post is for you!Students who are new to Writer’s Workshop, or just those who are starting out a new school year, need to build the following habits that writers have…
- Writers write every day.
- Writers get ideas from different places.
- Writers keep a collection of ideas.
- Writing takes time and it’s ok if it’s hard sometimes.
- The writing process helps us create writing we want to share.
- Writers collaborate and talk about their writing.
Which one is your favorite?
A Squiggly Story:
Perfect for K-2 writers who don’t feel like they can “write” because they don’t have conventional writing skills yet!
The lesson of this book is that there’s no bad idea for writing! Writers collect all ideas.
The Memory String
Writing ideas can come from a lot of different places, including the treasures we save to help us remember.
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
Lots of writing advice is given to the young writer in this book. It’s fun to make a chart of all of the writing tips!
Sometimes we try too hard to write the best story. Instead, why don’t we write about what we know?
Rocket Writes a Story
Rocket follows a writing process to write his story! This makes a great anchor chart lesson, too! You can build your chart of Rocket’s writing process, one step at a time.
Published authors have followed a writing process that includes a lot of revisions and edits!
The Plot Chickens
A step-by-step guide to writing an imaginative narrative gets your kids thinking about the creative things that they can do in their own writing!
A Moment in Time
Zooming in on an ordinary moment can make your story special.
These books make a fun launch to writer’s workshop and will get your kids thinking about writing ideas and the writing process. You can use them to make anchor charts and more to help your kids remember what’s important about writing!
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