Your students filled notebooks, found their voices, and grew as writers this year—don't make them start from scratch in September. Try “Dear Future Me…”, a simple end-of-year writing tradition that helps students reflect, celebrate progress, and walk into next year’s workshop already confident, capable, and ready to write from day one.
Category: celebration
Poetry Month Celebrations: Ready-to-Go-Tip
Three quick and meaningful poetry celebrations to end the month!
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Empowering Mentors at a Multiage Writing Celebration
Read how second graders mentor younger writers during a narrative writing celebration.
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Quick & Fun Lesson Closures? Yes, Please!
Embrace the thrill of trying something new. Know that doing so doesn't require abundant time, energy, or preparation. Small shifts have a real impact on classroom energy, enthusiasm, and engagement. How do you add variety, joy, and/or playfulness to lesson closings?
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Keeping the Energy In a Unit of Study
A six to eight-week writing unit may not be the equivalent of running a marathon, although some may beg to differ this year, but it still requires some creativity for strong and energetic finishes. As I work with several teachers who are in the final third of their information writing units across a variety of grades, here are a few ideas for maintaining energy.
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Joyful Writing Memories
It's not too late to plan a celebration or put a last minute joyful writing lesson in motion.
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The Writing Teacher’s Happiness Project
To end the year on a happy note, I am setting some goals for April, May and June in my own version of a Writing Teacher's Happiness Project. What would you work on to end your year in a happy way?
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End-of-the-Year Distance Learning Writing Celebrations
It can be done.
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A Parade of Writers
It's time to celebrate the progress writers have made!
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The Most Beloved Books in our Library: A Birthday Tradition
The most-read books of the year were ones authored by my students on their birthdays. Today, I share how my school made a change to a more beliefs-centered way of celebrating.
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Overcoming Anxiety About Displaying Student Writing
You see the beauty in your kids' work: every misspelled word, every cross-out, every taped-on flap. You know that all that "messiness" is evidence of good work that kids are doing. Hard work.
But outside your classroom, the rest of the world might not see it that way.
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Write to the Finish!
It's the final countdown to summer for me and my third graders. Here are some ways we've used writing to end the year in a meaningful way.
