If you are on the lookout for a book and art lesson for a Christmas or winter activity, look no further. This week I was inspired by the book Snowmen at Night. I am sure you all have seen it but if you haven’t, it is priceless! In this story, snowmen have fun at night when the children have all…
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Writing Leads and Presentation
Welcome back to my 11th instalment of Writing Sundays. I’m so glad you are here. This week we worked on “leads”. That is, we practiced how to start a story. What great first sentences can you use to “hook” the reader into reading your story? The kids had fun with these! I began by walking over to the bookshelf and…
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Character Development Through Writing
This past week was all about character development. Teachers often find teaching students how to develop their characters, quite difficult; especially with primary students. Character descriptions in stories are not detailed, seem contrived and don’t allow the reader to visualize. Starting with drawing and partner work is a great way to begin teaching students all about creating interesting characters. We…
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Word Choice in Writing
Hello everyone and thanks for visiting. This is my 9th edition of Writing Sundays and it’s jam-packed with literacy activities. Today I will be sharing a “re-do” of an interactive writing lesson, a new interactive writing lesson and a reading and visualizing strategy that I blogged about before with a super awesome book…read on! While I was away sick for…
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Remembrance Day For Little Learners
How To Remember the War When You Weren’t There This is a very special version of Writing Sundays. This week, we learned about Remembering. This week, most of our time was dedicated to Remembrance Day/Veteran’s Day learning. When I began, I talked to my students about “remembering” the soldiers who fought in the war. One of my very special…
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Best Authors for Writing IDEAS and the Power of Teddy Bears
Hello teacher friends… Thanks for visiting and seeing what we’ve been up to this week. This is the 7th edition of Writing Sundays. I hope you find some useful ideas for your classroom. In any given year, my writer’s workshop time is an integration of many different strategies and resources and “teachable moments”. I don’t see writing as a subject….
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