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Category: poetry
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.
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Have Charts, Will Travel. Mentor texts? Even better!
My last post was about some of the reflections that I want to remember when I teach any genre of writing, but I also wanted to share more of our poetry workshop and some of the amazing poems students wrote during our time by the lake. Teaching poetry in an outdoor education setting to fifth-grade students is… Continue reading Have Charts, Will Travel. Mentor texts? Even better!
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Respect, React, and Write–My Three Reflections
Three important reflections inspired by teaching poetry to fifth-grade writers
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A Poetry Break: If I Were…
Making space for poetry.
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Teaching the Four Types of Writing Through Texts
Janiel Wagstaff's books will help you teach primary writers about the four types of writing in an engaging way. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win her series of Stella books.
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Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life
One of my favorite things about being a classroom teacher was taking educational field trips with my students. One year, I took my fifth grades on 20-25 field trips around the five boroughs of New York City. We walked, rode buses, and took the Subway to museums, zoos, parks, and botanical gardens. I loved supplementing… Continue reading Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life
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Heartfelt Gifts: Writing Presents
My favorite gifts to give are the ones that have come from my heart and my pen!
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Many Ways to Use “I am” Poems!
Don't shy away from the formulaic "I am" poem! There are so many possibilities...
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Writing Information Books with Voice and Beauty: Diving Into Information Writing Blog Series
When I was a kid, our town library had a whole special room filled with children's books. It was one of my favorite places in the world. That was where I fell in love with Corduroy, and Caps for Sale, Where the Wild Things Are, and later, Matilda, and Superfudge, and The Babysitters Club. But another thing I remember about… Continue reading Writing Information Books with Voice and Beauty: Diving Into Information Writing Blog Series
