by Studentreasures | Aug. 2, 2018 | Writing Skill-Building Activity
For 1st graders, “back to school” is especially exciting, since it means the start of grade school. They are starting one of the most wonderful adventures of their lives—the adventure of learning and growing up. Fresh from summer vacation and ready to build on the...
by Studentreasures | Jul. 5, 2018 | Teaching Strategies
Writing is building, but with words. Showing your students how to write gives them the tools to build a strong foundation. Helping them figure out how to write well is how you help them create castles and skyscrapers and anything else they can imagine. Keeping these...
by Studentreasures | Jul. 3, 2018 | Teaching Strategies
Even as a young lover of literature, grammar was never my favorite subject. I know most of my students feel exactly the same way. Learning the rules of punctuation and structure can be less appealing to kids than the more obviously creative and fun aspects of writing....
by Studentreasures | Jun. 22, 2018 | Writing Prompts
When I was a kid, one of my heroes was Sally Ride. The first American woman in space, she was walking, talking proof that science wasn’t only for men, and that girls like me could touch the stars. While I didn’t grow up to be an astronaut like Ride, she did inspire me...
by Studentreasures | Jun. 20, 2018 | Teaching Strategies
Even students who love creating stories might not be too excited about the editing and revising part of the writing process. (The same goes for professional authors, too!) The good news is that editing can be fun and easy with a good strategy. These tips will help you...
