5 Best Back to School Writing Activities for 1st Grade
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...
4 Tips for Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers
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...
3 Best Strategies for Teaching Grammar in Elementary School
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....