Teaching little ones to write isn’t as easy as giving them a pencil and saying, “Okay, write your name.” There are steps to prepare your learners to get to the writing stage. And each stage is critical to your writers’ success. This tool is perfect for a pencil grip handwriting practice with young writers. Learning to […]
The Importance of Writing Goals
Are you getting into the swing of things in your classroom? Are you still on summer break? Either way, the school year is right on top of us! Your mind is probably exploding with new ideas to use in your classroom. Have you thought about writing this year? What has worked for you in the […]
Mentor Texts and Why We Use Them
Writing brings a love/hate relationship to many teachers. Not that we do it on purpose, but many teachers push writing to the side. Writing is something that doesn’t come easy to many young learners. It can lead to a lot of frustration if it’s not modeled well. If you’re in the same boat as a […]
Writing Practice with Tracing Activities
Literacy is MY thing. If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you probably already know that. If you’re new to the blog, you will notice my love for literacy in so many of my posts. So it makes my heart happy when I get to pull out any tracing activity. If you’re not familiar […]
A Lesson on Love
February is a great time to teach Bible lessons on love. Well, anytime of year is a perfect time to teach your little ones about love and the importance of showing love towards others. But we tend to focus most of our bible lessons on love during the month of February to keep our thematic […]
Sentence Building Made Easy
Writer’s Workshop was hands down my favorite part of the day while in the classroom. The challenge of turning my students into great writers was something I looked forward to every day. Unfortunately, writing didn’t come easy to a lot of my students. Sentence building seemed to be the hardest part for some of them. […]