Imaginative Ideas for How to Teach Poetry to Elementary Students
Poetry is one of those things that looks so much easier to create than it actually is. Especially to novice writers, it may appear to be nothing more than a handful of broken lines, so much shorter than an essay and, therefore, so much easier to write—until, of...
Amusing April Writing Prompts for 4th Grade
If the whole month of April could be condensed down to a single image, it might be that of an opening flower. It’s the time of year when spring is in full bloom, and so are everyone’s gardens. There’s writing inspiration everywhere, hidden under fresh toadstools,...
Motivating Your Students to Write: Top 3 Teaching Strategies
Soon, Studentreasures will be celebrating an incredible achievement—14 million young authors published in just over two decades! To help even one student publish their work and get their writing out in the world is worthwhile; to know that millions of kids around the...