Category: Your Ideas
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Creative School Encourages Reading with One Book One School
Munson (OH) Elementary School chose Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook for every student and staff member to read for the 2015 One Book One School project. The staff pitched in to build excitement before and during the big read. The book is about a thief who steals objects from a 5th grade classroom and…
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Author Coat
At Ogilvie ES (MN), Maurna Rome has authors sign her Author Coat. Kids get to wear the coat when they read their own work!
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Poems as Gifts
After reading Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook, Ladue (MO) librarian Julie Stone asked students to write a surprise gift poem for someone in the school. After writing their poems, students were excited to deliver them.
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Life-Sized Characters
For a lesson on Please Write in this Book, Reed ES librarian Julie Stone (Ladue district in St. Louis, MO) invited her readers to discuss the various character traits each character displays. Then she helped them to create life-sized portraits of each character in the book, making sure that they chose an outfit and any…
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Write-on-This Tablecloth
Invite young guests to have their cake and write about it, too! In November, Mrs. Cook, a 4th grade teacher at Wayne ES, put this tablecloth on her classroom work table and invited her students to write down something for which they are grateful. Love this idea.
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You’ve Got Mail
Put a mailbox in your classroom (or kitchen, if you’re a homeschooling family) and invite students to write to you. From Mrs. Becker’s classroom at Wayne (PA) ES.
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Why You Need Math
Math teacher Mindy LeBlanc had a great idea for a resource for her classroom: a creative writer showing that even writers need to learn math. Here is my video. Teachers, if you can’t access youtube in your classroom, please let me know if you’re aware of a better option than TeacherTube. TeacherTube isn’t processing my…
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Writing Contests for Kids
The following contests and magazines have run in the past and may still be open to submissions from students. If you are interested in any, please check with the source. Let me know if any contests have been discontinued. Contests The Imaginormous Challenge offers a range of fun contests–from writing a book to creating your own…
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Word Eater Book Club Guide by Melissa Henderson
If your book club is reading The Word Eater, check out this thought-provoking and fun guide written by Melissa Henderson, Head of Children’s Services, Glencoe (IL) Public Library.