Interactive
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Powertyping: Alphabetic Rain

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Learn to type with this online free typing tutor game which focuses on learning typing with the rhythm of music. There are five levels of play; post your score to see if you're in the top.
Interactive
Other

Bubbl.us: Brainstorming Made Simple

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Bubbl.us is a free online application that allows users to brainstorm online then save them, email them and share with friends.
Activity
Other

Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Illustrated Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.3.b: Use Dialogue and Descriptions of Actions

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3.b: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 B Worksheets: Use Dialogue and Descriptions

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3B: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.3 Worksheets: Write Narratives to Develop Real or Imagined

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.2.a Worksheets: Introduce a Topic and Group Related Info

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 18 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.2.A: Introduce a topic and group related information together; include...
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Education.com

Education.com: W.3.6 Worksheets: Use Technology to Produce and Publish Writing

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 7 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.4: Produce Writing Appropriate to Task and Purpose

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 99 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.4.4: Produce Clear Writing to Task, Purpose, Audience

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Links to 89 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.4: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Website
CPALMS

Cpalms: Lafs.2.w.3.7

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Choose from a variety of lessons, courses, and teaching ideas to support the Common Core standard of participating in a shared research and writing project.
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of videos, articles for parents and for teachers, teaching strategies, webcasts for teachers, and research briefs on helping children develop their writing skills.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Expository Writing: What Kind of Friend

For Teachers 3rd Standards
This is an expository writing activity using the Makes Sense Writing Strategies.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Bad Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this writing lesson learners go step by step through the writing process to create a story about a bad day. Students use graphic organizers and Internet resources to help improve their writing skills.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Unlocking the Author in You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.
Website
Tech4Learning

Tech4 Learning: Graphic Organizer Maker

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Tool for making customized graphic organizer worksheets to use in the classroom. Choose from concept maps, KWHL charts, Venn diagrams, timelines, cycles, and more.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Writing Letters

For Teachers 3rd Standards
The students will learn how to form a proper letter. They will be able to remove key ideas/details from a text and apply it to their writing. They will also be able to incorporate transition and descriptive words into their writing.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Story Add Ons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a technology-rich lesson plan which allows students to explore proper language conventions while utilizing portable keyboards for word processing.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Worshop: People to Write About

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
For this mini-workshop, students are provided step-by-step instructions for writing about important people in their lives that they have not yet written about. Click the instructions button when you are ready to begin.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revising Leads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Revision can be a difficult step to teach in the classroom. Use this tool to help students better understand how to revise their leading sentences. [PDF]
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Let's Read It!

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Five mini-lessons to help young writers develop their writing skills within a Writers Workshop model.
Rubric
Other

Rubric: Six Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.
Activity
Other

Young Author's Workshop: Writing/drafting

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Once you have an idea for your story, is there anywhere you can go online for writing advice? Definitely--the links on this page take you to writing tips, examples of good writing, places to sharpen your writing skills, and places to...