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...
3 Poignant Poetry Prompts for 4th Graders
Poetry opens the doors to literacy by providing young children with short lines and simple phrases to help introduce them to reading. I know I still remember reading Jack Prelutsky with my mother before bed; a battered copy of The Dragons are Singing Tonight still...
Top Five Best Classbook Ideas: How to Make Your Students’ Work Shine
As a teacher, you strive to give your students every tool and opportunity possible to learn, to grow, to push the limits of their imaginations, because you’re well aware of the incredible potential they possess. It is up to you to help them unlock it. As Malala...