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Quick-n-Fun Writing Activities Just for Young Learners: Easy Writing Lessons with Reproducible Graphic Organizers That Teach 26 Different Kinds of Writing

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This book is for grades 1-3. Being a first grade teacher, I have found a lot of the reproducibles are too hard for my students. This would be a good resource for a second or third grade teacher, but I would not recommend it for first grade.

I borrowed this book from a fellow teacher to use the Write Your Own Fairy Tale section (Once Upon a Time) and quickly realized that this book is full of great lessons and writing practice that students truly enjoy. After using it for numerous activities and assignments in my classroom, I decided that I better buy my own copy before I wore hers out! The book's lessons are definitely directed at the lower elementary grades but if you use the basic ideas and incorporate it with your grade curriculum it can easily be used in all of the elementary grades. I highly recommend this book to all elementary teachers!

The book is set up with an activity for each letter of the alphabet. The activities can be used in any order, which works for teachers who want to integrate this into their existing curriculum. The reproducibles are quality learning material, yet still entertaining for primary students.

This book is mainly just worksheets/stationery for writing assignments, alphabetized, like "H is for Hero". Some were useful, yes, but nothing original or innovative, also they weren't as attractive as in similar books. Thumb through it first and see if it suits your needs, but there is better stuff out there.

My second graders responded well to many of the activities in this book. I used it as a resource for independent seatwork and homework - especially nice as a homework resource for 2nd or 3rd grade.