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’...
1st Grade Gingerbread Man Writing Activities to Celebrate the Holidays
What began as a simple folktale about a gingerbread cookie come alive soon took on a life of its own after being published in print for the first time in 1875. Since then, the tale of “The Gingerbread Man” (originally titled “The Gingerbread Boy”)has been told time...