Teaching Elementary Writing In First Grade: Procedural Writing

In this episode of The Firstieland Podcast for Elementary Teachers, your host Molly Schwab shares simple and effective ways to introduce procedural writing (also called how-to writing) in your first grade classroom. Instead of struggling with reluctant writers or feeling lost without a writing curriculum, you’ll discover how to make writing engaging, hands-on, and fun.

You’ll learn:

✔️ Why procedural writing is the perfect next step after sentence writing

✔️ How to use picture books to model writing step by step

✔️ A gradual release strategy (I do, we do, you do) that builds student confidence

✔️ Creative lesson ideas that bring writing to life

By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clear plan for teaching procedural writing that keeps your students excited to write and helps them meet writing standards.

Mentioned In This Episode

Procedural Writing Bundle – https://firstieland.com/how-to-writing

Book – How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth – https://amzn.to/4lQVHUI

Book – How to Give Your Cat a Bath – https://amzn.to/4g0KPlC

Book – How to Babysit a Grandpa – https://amzn.to/3JYyAdp

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Molly 💜

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