Inviting an author to come and speak at your school is a wonderful way to motivate the readers and writers in your classroom. They are experts in the craft of storytelling and can provide your students with incredible inspiration. In order to have a successful author visit at your … [Read more...] about How to Plan an Author Visit at Your School
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Friday Journals
Creating a connection between home and school has such a huge impact on a student's education. One way that I go about this is having students share with their families what we are learning in the classroom through a series of hand-written letters. On Fridays, during Writer's Workshop, my … [Read more...] about Friday Journals
Making Anchor Charts Interactive!
In my classroom, anchor charts are a crucial part of the learning process. We create them together and leave them hanging in the room as a reference tool for students to use throughout the year. One way that we create the charts together is by making them interactive. Here's … [Read more...] about Making Anchor Charts Interactive!
Storyworks in the Classroom
Anyone use Scholastic Storyworks in their classroom? I discovered it at the end of last year and it is amazing!! The contents of the magazine are not only educational, but highly engaging for students. My class was particularly excited about this Minecraft Mania! article. Each issue comes … [Read more...] about Storyworks in the Classroom
Writing Meaningful Sentences
A few weeks ago, I passed out my students first set of spelling words. {we use Ladybugs Teacher Files Morphology Dictionary, which is awesome!} For homework, they were to look up the definitions of their words and write a meaningful sentence. I really stressed that meaningful sentence part. On … [Read more...] about Writing Meaningful Sentences
Throwback Thursday: Writing Journal Prompts
I haven't done a Throwback Thursday in a while! This one is perfect for Back to School though, so read on! When I taught second grade, I needed something for my students to do when they first walked into the classroom in the morning. I wanted it to be meaningful, but not a lot of … [Read more...] about Throwback Thursday: Writing Journal Prompts