It's that time of year when we start to think about all the things we didn't get to do with our students! Here are five writing exercises I am going to make sure students don't leave without!
Category: poetry
A Breakthrough In Poetry: How To Bring Playfulness to Every Genre
Kids are inundated by rules. If the gift of writing is freedom of expression, are we imposing too many "rules" on writers? What if the rules of every genre, like poetry, were limited to just two or three?
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Immersion into Poetry with Centers
Third grade poetry centers are one way to immerse students in the different literary devices and figurative language we find in poems.
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Poems Are Teachers: Interview & Giveaway
Poems Are Teachers, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's newest book, is grounded in the idea of writing workshop. It contains practical lessons teachers can use the very next day, as well as mentor texts written by published and student poets. Learn more about it in an interview with Amy. Then, leave a comment for a chance to win two of Amy's books.
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Building a Community of Writers: Creating the Emotional Space
Building a community of writers is likely a goal for all writing workshop teachers. But what are some ways to be intentional about bringing such a goal to fruition?
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Writing “Things to Do” Poems: It’s All About the Action Words!
Today's Author Spotlight includes some poetry with Elaine Magliaro, author of the new book, THINGS TO DO.
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What Trouper (The Three-Legged Black Lab) Has to Teach About Poetry
Meg Kearney provides us with some ways to teach poetry in the elementary school in today's Author Spotlight post.
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Poetry Begins with Play
Learning to play with words is an important step for young writers who are learning to create poems.
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See Something Where There is Nothing: A Poetry Lesson
Need a fresh idea for poetry? Try this lesson!
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Finding Time: With Craft Moves on The Poem Farm
Poetry month in my opinion (and my students’) is a celebration of writing! It’s a time when we writers welcome new beginnings and hone the art and crafting of our writing skills. I watch my students take wings and write with grace and confidence during poetry month.
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The Rising Writers Club
My school offered a before school writing club and it was a hit! Here is a quick glimpse and a little tip on teaching poetry as April approaches.
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Making Connections with Poetry
I am on a technology roll lately! First Evernote and now Padlet. Check out the start of a new tool to inspire my students.
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 