Authors craft

A blog about teaching, lessons, decor, organizing, interactive notebooks, literacy stations, math stations, classroom set up, etc...

Calling all reading teachers! Here you will find posts all about building a community of students who love to read. These easy ideas feature printables, resources, digital organization, and more.

A blog full of tips, lessons, and ideas to use in the upper elementary classroom.

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These Children's Book Crafts are certain to provide hours of fun for your children. And really, when it comes down to it, combining reading with hands-on activities is the perfect recipe for creativity and confidence! If your

The Very Ugly Bug isn't happy with how she looks and she wishes that she looked more like the grasshopper with his smooth green back, the shiny blue bug...

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Looking for Writing Celebrations for your Writer's Workshop? You will find 4 tips to celebrate your young authors all year long. From share time, writing portfolios, young author crowns and certificates, writing goals and brag tags along with using a microphone, your students will look forward to writing workshop with these engaging culminating activities for any writing unit!

Reading like a writer on the iPad - 3 activities to strengthen the writer's eye and teach author's craft Integrating technology during writing tends to be the most accessible. Most people have some level of comfort with planning lessons for students to type stories for publishing. The next logical step from there may be to think about publishing on a global scale through blogs or to write authentically via social media. Sorry friends, that is not what this post is about because you can read…

Teaching students to write for a specific purpose is one of my favorite skills to teach. Students enjoy drawing sketches that illustrate different writing