Category: Elementary Writing

Teaching Expository Writing to Your 4th Graders

Do you struggle with teaching expository writing to your 4th grade students? If the answer is yes, then you are in the same boat as many other 4th grade teachers around the state of Texas! Teaching expository writing doesn’t have to be difficult though. Here are a few tips so

Plan a STAAR Writing Boot Camp Like a Pro

It’s the final countdown to the STAAR Writing Test, and it is up to YOU to make sure your fourth graders are ready for the STAAR Writing Test. A lot of teachers like to plan a STAAR Writing Boot Camp with a fun theme that keeps the kids engaged. The

Prepare your students for the STAAR Writing Test

7 Useful Tips to Prepare Your 4th grade Students for the STAAR Writing Test

Tips to prepare your 4th graders for the STAAR Writing Test

STAAR Revising Strategies

Do your 4th graders struggle with STAAR revising questions? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The 8 revising questions are the most difficult questions on the STAAR Writing Test, but if you are teaching the right STAAR revising strategies then your students won’t have a problem with

Grammar Games for Fourth Grade

Grammar skills are important for your 4th graders to know and understand. It is easy to give a worksheet, take a grade, and move on to the next skill. But, are your students truly learning this way? Incorporating grammar games in your fourth grade class will help students learn and

My 4th Grade Classroom Set-Up

Starting the year off right! Walking into a hot, empty classroom in August can be scary and overwhelming as you think about your fourth grade classroom set-up! Many questions run through your head. How should I set up my room? What is my theme? Should I use desks or tables?

I love this resource! We've been breaking it up into weekly grammar lessons. I love how simple the notes page is for students to use, and the independent practice pages are wonderful for students to practice what they've learned.

Hands down my FAVORITE resource! I highly recommend it! It helped my students a lot. They also enjoyed the assignments. They were sad when we finished them. It also made teaching revision easy. Thanks to this I was at 90% passing rate in writing. I teach bilingual students.

Absolutely LOVE all the resources created by this seller! This is my first year to teach in the state of Texas and her resources have been so very helpful in making sure that all of the skills that I need to teach are being met. The lessons and activities are fun for the students and they are always engaged!

Hello Texas Passages!!! Each of these passages has brought a class discussion about different areas around Texas. The questions are strong and helped identify a need for more transition word practice. These are a great resource for any Texas Social Studies and/or Writing teacher.

Free Grammar Pacing Guide

Grammar skills are necessary for revise and edit questions. This guide fits all the grammar TEKS into the first 6 weeks of school, so you can get introduce revise and edit questions by October.

Meet the Author

Hi! I’m Christine. I help Texas 3rd-5th grade teachers to build confident readers and writers with TEKS aligned, engaging ELA printable and digital resources.