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Read It Backwards: One editing technique that writers can use to help them catch their own spelling errors is "Read It Backwards." In this lesson, students will learn a procedure for identifying and correcting the spelling of misspelled words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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All about our town: Using brochures to teach informational writing: In this lesson, students create brochures that explore their towns and the landmarks, symbols, and people that make them unique places to live. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our classroom: Writing an owner's manual: This lesson helps to establish a sense of community with students collaboratively writing an “owner’s manual” that describes expectations and guidelines for the classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Shape poems: Writing extraordinary poems about ordinary objects: In this lesson, students use an online interactive tool to write shape poems about a familiar object. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Sort, hunt, write: A weekly spelling program: Students work with their spelling words in a variety of ways, using words in context, sorting them into categories, editing texts, and more. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Spelling cheerleading: Integrating movement and spelling generalizations: This lesson uses the technique of spelling cheerleading to teach the spelling generalization for adding suffixes to words that end with the letter “y.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

To, too, or two: Developing an understanding of homophones: This ReadWriteThink lesson focuses on the “word demons” that can complicate spelling and vocabulary. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

The two voices of the “ow” spelling pattern: As part of a Directed Spelling Thinking Activity (DSTA), students who have previously learned about single vowel sounds, will be introduced to the idea that vowels can change sound based on letter combinations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using "Snowflake Bentley" as a framing text for multigenre writing: Using the Caldecott Medal winning picture book Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create multi-genre projects about winter. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Who's got mail? Using literature to promote authentic letter writing: This brief activity uses literature and shared writing to teach letter-writing format and promote authentic letter writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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