April as National Poetry Month has hit our elementary school. Both my kids have been hard at work composing poems at school. My son’s 2nd grade poetry unit did not require rhyming and it was modeled after color poems by Mary O’Neill. Poetry gets more challenging in 5th grade as I discovered in our recent…
Category: Literacy
Getting kids to love reading including reluctant readers as well as competent readers who just don’t like to read.
Spine Poetry Using Kids Books
Create a spine poem using picture books to celebrate National Poetry Month and post at 100 Scope Notes Spine Poetry Gallery!
A Little Too Exciting Flying Trapeze Book Club for Kids
Flying trapeze book club for kids using The Girl Who Could Fly and an outing to the Trapeze School of New York! Book club for my 5th grader.
Poetry by 2nd Grade Boys
2nd grade boys share their color poems based on What is Black? by Mary O’Neill. The boys’ poems beautifully evoke what the color means to them.
7th Grade Book Club for Girls: Irises
YA Book Irises Reflects Middle School Life It was with great difficulty that I managed to schedule a book club for my 7th grader, Grasshopper and Sensei, and there are only four girls in her book club! Yes, they are so busy these days! I have to confess that I’ve been so busy that this…
Guys Read Other Worlds: Cover Reveal and GIVEAWAY
Chapter books for boys, aged 9 and up include a great series of short stories aimed at boys called Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka.
Book Club for Kids: Chapter Book on Knights, Princesses and Castles
Virtual Book Club for Kids Ages 9 and Up I first heard about the Poppins Book Nook from Piwi Princess on Google + Community Great Books for Kids. It sounded like so much fun that I asked the host, Enchanted Homeschooling Mom, if I could join and she was kind enough to include me! The…