THE WRITE ONE

May is the month for memoirs in many classrooms.  I love the idea of writing memoir at the end of the year. Students can look back at their ...

This month the kindergarten students are learning how to use mentor texts to help them with their writing. They may be using a classroom tex...

I want to share with you an Indiana author that I have been reading lately. Margaret McMullen is from southern Indiana, but was born in Mi...

This month many students in third, fourth and fifth grades are working on writing informational books or essays to go along with current con...

In April, many second grade classrooms will be trying out a new genre with the unit of study on Fairy Tales/Folk Tales/Fantasy. These studen...

Today I want to share a couple of my favorite books.  They are both by the author, Anthony Browne. He is also the illustrator. As many cla...

As much as we as teachers, do not like it, there are times when students are tested on their skills as writers. One way to prepare them for ...