Sometimes finding a way to spark students’ creative writing skills can be a huge challenge. In the lower elementary grades it is important to not only provide appropriate skill level activities, but also ones that students can relate to. The ideas below are perfect ways to get your students involved and excited about creative writing…
Encouraging Summer Reading
Summer slide is the term teachers use to describe the learning loss between grades over the summer. While once scoffed at, research has proven the summer slide is in fact a real phenomenon. One of the ways to stop it is by encouraging summer reading. These three ideas come from Really Good Teachers who have…
Reading Ideas for Summer
As the weather gets warmer (we’re optimistic!) and your students are itching to be outside, we thought we could prepare you with some perfect summer must-reads. After all, we can’t really blame them for their renewed Spring energy. Here are some great reading ideas for summer to help your students continue to build their…