A way to keep track of who is where in the writing process!
Popsicle sticks for an “I’m Done” jar…Students pull a stick when they finish early
(via Team V’s First Grade Fun: “I’m Done” Cups)
Students pick a stick from the “I’m Done” cup and work on an activity when they are finished with their work. Teachers can range the activities depending on the grade.
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Be A Good Listener.
Everyone draws themselves as a lego figure.
(via classroomcollective)
(Source: from-student-to-teacher)
Spark young writers with a clever non-food gift in a jar: a Child’s Journal Jar. Simple, kid-friendly questions turn journaling sessions into fun! This printable gift in a jar makes a great gift for back to school.
Source: http://christmas.organizedhome.com/gifts-crafts-gift-tags/gifts-in-a-jar/childs-journal-jar
(Source: childlifespecialist)
10 Pieces of Advice for Young Writers -
- Care about things. Show it. Be funny, barbed, and pointed when needed. Slick is easy; don’t be slick.
- Confidence and arrogance will both protect you when people yell at you. One is vital and one is poisonous.
- Learn to be your own devil’s advocate. Interrogate your own arguments. Interrogate your point of view.
- Successful writers can play loud and soft and can make a variety of harsh and gentle sounds, just like great musicians.
- Look at the people whose careers you admire and think about their paths. Don’t assume you want the fast lane.
- If you are read widely, you will get blowback, no matter what. Don’t let it paralyze you, but don’t reflexively blow it off.
- If you try to make your fortune creating controversy, then even if it works, you’ll be expected to keep doing it.
- Being young doesn’t make you dumb or smart, important or irrelevant. But you’ll be a different writer in 20 years.
- “Win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press’ll think you’re colorful.” Obey deadlines and house style.
- You are entitled to be wrong, to feel embarrassed, to feel like a jerk, and to keep writing anyway.
[as told by NPR’s Linda Holmes]