A collection of ideas from fellow pinners for helping student "hook" in their readers

Check out these teaching materials for upper elementary students including task and reference cards on writing narrative hooks.

...second grade... anchor chart for narrative writing... More

Writing and reading anchor chart ideas for the classroom.

Looking to help your students write better leads? Grab my lead examples, anchors, mentor texts, and activities for FREE. Also, check out this post and see how I break down lead writing into an easy-to-understand process. Your elementary students will love learning how to hook readers.

Language Arts anchor chart for helping students remember some of the many ways to "hook" their reader! @snipes6thgrade

hook your readers

Hello! Welcome to our fall mentor text link up! The book I chose to feature is An A From Miss Keller by Patricia Polacco. If you’re like me (and most intermediate level ELA teachers I know!), you’re

Writing hooks

My kids really struggled with writing strong leads for their personal narratives. I found this awesome anchor chart on Pinterest to give them some more ideas of how to write an exciting lead. I wanted the kids to have those ideas right in front of them as they were writing to remind them to really think about their leads. I also try to make a smaller version of all of my anchor charts so the kids can add it to their interactive notebooks. It is great to be able to refer back to the anchor…