Creative Writing Strategies for Students: Unleash Their Full Potential
Teaching writing is rewarding as it is challenging. A blank page can be promising, but it can also be discouraging to a young writer. Writer’s block stops the most accomplished writers in their tracks, let alone elementary students still learning the basics. As...
Increasing Student Engagement: The Thrill of Publishing
One of the most rewarding parts of my job as an educator has always been the ways my students react to becoming published authors. They don’t just smile; they glow with pride. Even though it was years ago, I still remember the way one of my female students reacted....
Social-Emotional Learning Lesson Plans for Elementary Classrooms
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of acquiring and applying all the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to… develop a healthy identity. manage emotions. achieve personal and collective goals. build strong positive relationships. feel and show empathy...