Be sure to check back for the Thanksgiving writing prompts coming soon. You may also enjoy “Back to School Writing Prompts.” Remember: Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay is the fastest, most effective way to teach children essay writing… Guaranteed! If you plant writing success in the fall, you will have a mighty spring [...]
Welcome to a great collection of autumn and fall poems for kids! Be sure to check out the very bottom of the page for a few additional autumn poem resources for younger children. (Many of these are classic autumn poems for kids; however, I have only posted poems which I am positive are in the [...]
Welcome back to school! Writing assignments for the beginning of the new school year often revolve around these four areas: 1. “All About Me” writing activities and assignments. This is a time-honored beginning-of-the-school-year writing tradition. It starts the school year off right when teachers get to know their students. Teachers want to know their students and [...]
Spring… testing… just around the corner. I feel a chill. We practiced some writing from time-to-time throughout the school year… actually… I guess it was really just grammar. Are the kids ready? Hey wait; winters gone, it’s spring. Time for a new beginning… YES… SPRING IS A TIME FOR NEW BEGINNINGS! Before year’s end, my [...]
Writing Prompts and Story Ideas – Summer Be sure to learn more about how to use writing prompts with students here: 1. Using Writing Prompts with Kids: Tips, Tricks, Pros and Cons of Writing Prompts 2. How to Use Writing Prompts in Teaching Writing Wishing you and your students total essay writing success! Have a great summer! Summertime [...]
Christmas is a wonderful time of year for student writing. There is a very high level of student motivation! Student interest and motivation stays high when they write about Christmas coming from different angles and with different purposes. Here is a great list of Christmas essay and story writing ideas! Teaching your students to write [...]