Teaching Peer Review to Elementary Students: 4 Helpful Hints
Editing, as I like to tell my students, is a little bit like cleaning their rooms. It may not be the most enjoyable thing to do, but once it’s done, everything looks and feels so much better. And with the right attitude, it might even be more fun than they’d think! Of...
Dear Diary Day: Introspective Journal Prompts for 3rd Graders
Diaries are readers’ and writers’ best friend. Keeping a diary can provide a much-needed creative outlet, a safe place to vent frustrations and wonder about the future. Published diaries and public blogs can entertain, amuse and help readers who have faced struggles...
3 Fall Writing Prompts for 1st Grade Inspired by Children’s Books
Summer is swiftly coming to a close. Before we know it, we’ll all be wading knee-deep through autumn leaves and picking out pumpkins to carve for decorations or dessert. For kids, fall is an especially exciting time of the year—a time of ghost stories and crackling...