Creative writing for elementary students should be fun and engaging. Often, students are intimidated by a blank piece of paper…
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Literacy
Can Storytelling Help Students Become Better Writers?
Have you ever seen first graders listening to storytelling? Their rapt, focused attention, stillness and quiet breathing indicate how entranced…
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Fun Ways To Teach CVC Words
Short, 3-letter words with consonant – vowel – consonant (or CVC words) are almost always the first words that students…
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Winter Write About The Picture and a FREEBIE!
So…..I started this Winter Write About The Picture resource a few years back when I needed something for my littlies…
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Letter Recognition Activities for Young Learners
Alphabetic recognition is sometimes called letter recognition or letter identification, but all three terms have the same meaning. Letter recognition…
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Why Teach Cursive Handwriting?
I have had a number of requests to create a cursive handwriting workbook – this has been on my list…
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