Chrissy - Buzzing with Ms. B’s Instagram photo: “Editing is a bear, right? Kids don't use punctuation, or capital letters, or they use "AND" to write sentences that are fifty lines…”
Elizabeth Ingram on Instagram: “My kids actually enjoyed analyzing poems this year. I mean they always enjoy poetry, but they looked forward to working in these booklets.…”
FREE collaborative American flag poster and many other unique Veterans' Day activities for kids...thank you notes, agamographs, coloring sheets, and more!
Fun with personification in my fourth grade classroom today! I read the children's book, The Little Red Pen, which is filled with examples of personification, and then the students wrote their own sentences bringing an object to life. They loved it!
This blog post explains how I teach my fifth graders to annotate poetry in order to understand it better. Poetry is SUCH a powerful writing genre to use in the classroom!
8 Types of Poetry to Engage Readers and Writers - Notes from the Portable
I love these FREE poetry templates! So easy to teach haiku, cinquain, and diamante. These were perfect for my writing center, and easy to make a quick bulletin board. The perfect addition to any poetry or writer's workshop.
