Family Traditions: 3 Creative Writing Exercises for Elementary Students
Some students may not have a clear understanding of family traditions, especially at a young age. Help your students appreciate their unique traditions by giving them creative writing activities that talk about the traditions they currently have or ones they would...
3 Fun Ideas for Publishing a Student Poetry Book
Although teaching poetry to elementary students may be challenging at first, poetry is a lot of fun once they get the hang of it. It’s like dancing with words instead of feet. It can be lyrical or loose and free, a joyous foxtrot or a melancholy minuet. And, like...
Tips for Teaching Narrative Writing Structure and Style to Elementary Students
While not everyone grows up to be the next Charles Dickens or S. E. Hinton, everyone has a story or two to tell. As Robin Moore once wrote, “Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller, waiting to be released.” The key to unleashing your elementary students’...