Writing Process, Creative Writing,
and Handwriting Resources
Writing Process | Creative Writing | Handwriting
Writing Process
The key to writing a good biography is asking good questions.
KidAuthors.com
KidAuthors is a creative place to share stories and poems with people
around the world, including friends and family. You can also read stories
and poems written by kids around the world.
Language
Writing Lessons
A list of activities from edhelper.com
Language
Writing Techniques Lessons
A list of activities from edhelper.com
Evaluation
Station
Checklists students can use after writing a paper from Houghton Mifflin
ParagraphPunch.com
This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic
paragraph.
Writers'
Window
This is a beautiful, interactive site for writing stories and poems.
Creative Writing
Can
You Haiku
Haiku show us the world in a water drop, providing a tiny lens through
which to glimpse the miracle and mystery of life. Combining close
observation with a moment of reflection, this simple yet highly sophisticated
form of poetry can help sharpen students' response to language and
enhance their powers of self-expression.
Creative Communication
Founded in 1993, Creative Communication is devoted to the promotion
of Language Arts in our schools.
Creative
Writing
A creative writing activity from Ask Eric
Creative
Writing in a World Classroom on the Internet
Through the use of telecommunications, students explore and compare
their town and themselves with students from other cities, countries
and cultures.
KidWorld
Games and writing contests written for kids by kids
Light Up Your Brain
Light Up Your Brain is about inspiration, creativity, and the fun
of being a kid. We have music, stories, games and fun links for kids.
Tracking
Creativity
Created by sixth grade CLUE students at Grahamwood Elementary School,
Memphis, Tennessee-- Follow their original path to creativity by being
On Your Toes to Odes and In Step with Idioms.
Handwriting
Alphabet
Line Bulletin Board Set
Jan Brett's Alphabet Line Bulletin Board Set Cursive Manuscript--Use
letters together as an alphabet line or separately as flash cards.
Fine Motor
Skills
This web site offers basic ideas and activities to help elementary school-aged
children develop their perceptual fine-motor skills, with an emphasis
on handwriting.
Free
School Fonts
Free fonts that help you help kids learn how to write. Third grade teachers
will really appreciate the cursive fonts that are ready for you to download
and use in the classroom! Includes D'Nealian, Zaner-Boser, and Getty-Dubay
Italic.
Handwriting
Resources
Free handwriting resources from Zaner-Bloser
Handwriting
Worksheet Maker
Letters are slanted and appear as a cross between standard print and
cursive. Although it does not give as much visual reinforcement of reading
words found in early elementary reading books, some school districts
feel teaching handwriting with these letters helps children make an
easier transition to cursive writing.
Handwriting
Worksheets
This site features letters and pages in all sizes. She also features
blank lined paper you can print out. This is so convenient if you run
out of handwriting paper and need some in a jiffy! She has manuscript,
modern manuscript, italic, cursive and italic cursive. The worksheets
have words, numbers, months, etc. and the individual letters.
The
Learning Page: Handwriting
Here there are free worksheets in basic manuscript and cursive. You
really have an entire workbook of practice sheets here, at the cost
of your printer paper and ink.
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Julie Gray, Elementary Language Arts Specialist,
Henrico County Public Schools
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