Back in the fall, The Measured Mom and I worked through a 12-week writing series called Simple Writing Lessons for the Primary Grades. It dawned on me that while we were sharing all these wonderful ideas, I never showed readers how I was organizing all these lessons and ideas in my son’s Writer’s Notebook.
Today, I’m sharing a guest post over at The Notebooking Fairy about the purpose of keeping a Writer’s Notebook as well as how to organize a Writer’s Notebook. Please be sure to check it out! Over here at This Reading Mama, I am sharing a video inside his Writer’s Notebook as well as links to all the printables and resources included.
Inside a Writer’s Notebook: Resources and Links
These are most of the FREE printable pages you can find in my son’s Writer’s Notebook. Please note that in the video, not all of these were mention, but these have (at some time) been in his notebook.
Graphic Organizers:
- Writing a Friendly Letter
- Writing Prompts
- Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer
- LEGO Graphic Organizer
- Fiction Story Map
- Expert List
Revising & Editing:
- Pointers for Kids to Encourage them to Revise their Writing
- Wow! Words– replace boring words with new vocabulary words when revising
- All that Jazz– encouraging writers to use descriptive words
- CUPS editing checklist
Extra Helps:
- Vowel Patterns in Single Syllable Words Reference Sheet
- File Folder of Sight Words
- Homophone Spelling Chart
New to This Reading Mama?
Welcome! I am passionate about teaching, especially in the area of literacy (reading and writing). I love to share and have lots of free printables available. Feel free to take a look and use what you can.
I also have several posts that contain tips and tricks for teaching reading and writing for all kinds of readers. Here is just a sampling of my most popular articles:
- 5 days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading
- When Sight Words Just Don’t “Stick”
- The Building Blocks of Reading
- Comprehension Strategies: Reading Equals Thinking
- 10 Things Struggling Readers Need
~Becky
Natalie says
January 6, 2014 at 5:10 pmYou are amazingly organized, and what a memory for you and your son to look back at his work and how it improves over time.
thisreadingmama says
January 12, 2017 at 10:52 am🙂
Samantha says
January 12, 2017 at 9:22 amThank you for all of your dedication to creating the work to share with others!
thisreadingmama says
January 12, 2017 at 10:52 amYou’re welcome! 🙂
Steph says
September 4, 2017 at 1:12 amHave you changed the writer’s notebook now that you use WriteShop (if you still are of course!)? We are starting WriteShop this week with my grade 1 and 2 sons and I was just putting the writing binder together.
Hope you are enjoying your long weekend!
Alessia says
February 14, 2018 at 6:48 pmHi! I know that you and The Measured Mom talk about a writing book that ya’ll wrote. Does the book include all the lessons in this series? I was going to print out all the lessons. But, if it’s in the book…then I can buy the book! I LOVE everything you do!!! Thank you!!!
thisreadingmama says
February 16, 2018 at 1:42 pmNo, this series is different than the book that The Measured Mom wrote. 🙂