How to teach Personal Narratives to Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade Students / writing lessons

Are you teaching your students how to write personal narratives? In this video, I walk through all the lessons I would teach when introducing personal narratives to my kindergarten, first, and second grade students! This video includes examples of anchor charts and lessons I use so you get an idea of how to do this in your own classroom!

If you happen to use any of these ideas at home or in your classroom, leave a comment below and let me know how they go! :) Also, if you share any of the games from Susan's Sunday Spotlight, please tag me on Instagram @susanjonesteaching so I can see!! You can also use the hashtag: #susanssundayspotlight​

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[crystalstapleton]

Keep doing these please. As a homeschooling mom I find these very helpful.

[shyamalasreedar]

Fantastic!! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas Susan. I wish you could make a video with your children so that we get a perfect insight!!

[kelliwagstaff]

Also, your phonics lesson was great too, I use SIPPS and it followed the SIPPS pedagogy perfectly!!! Great videos!!! Love!!

[mariaelenaortega]

Amazing.. Thanks for all the tips.. the material looks wonderful!

[MyChannel-oxwk]

Awesome ideas and illustrations. Thank you Susan for sharing your beautiful strategies, it is really very helpful.

[AHJ]

Very helpful. I finally understood how to do this clearly, step by step. I am homeschooling. I've had to learn how to teach as we go. My daughter felt frustrated at the thought of having to write something so we would go for a walk around the block and take turns making up a wild story(I thought, to get her imagination going) but now I will focus on a small topic.
If you can make the video you mentioned at the end of this one, that will be great 👍 Thank you so much

[Eduardo_Music]

Hello teacher Susan Jones, good morning 🌅! Great video, I liked it much 😊. Good work on YouTube. Greetings and blessings from Sonora, México 🇲🇽.... 💐🙏🤗

[berenicemartinez]

Thank u!!! Im teaching g k/1 combo and ur videos have helped me much!

[jillianmathews]

It was helpful but sad to hear club close. It would be nice to get the materials.

[kelliwagstaff]

Your videos are amazing!! I'm using personal narrative when I start unit 2 in Benchmark.

[kristakapp]

l loved the lessons! I would love to now if there is a way to get the materials you showed.

[vivic]

How do you differentiate for Ell students

[augustagootee]

How do u help a kod struggling to read we been working on sight words and reading together but when goes to school he struggling he is a first grader and got behind some last year. 🤔 also having issues with arguing do u have any insights advice

[Maykono]

What age are your students? I'm a teacher in France so we don't have the same system.