writing
Outside My Snow Globe…
One of the more popular posts on this blog (particularly during the winter months) is, “If I Lived in a Snow Globe, I Would Wear my Bike Helmet to Bed.” This is a follow-up post for anyone who might want more details about the lesson I teach my gifted 1st graders. For this project, it’s … Read more
The Other Part of the Story
It’s the last day of the year. Like many of you, I am reflecting on the past year, and wondering what the new one will bring. During this reflection, I opened an e-mail from WordPress (who hosts this blog) which gave me my stats from the last twelve months. Amongst the surprising information that 8 … Read more
Tried and True – Parallel Poetry
On this blog, I tend to post about a lot of ideas that I find, and some readers don’t always get a chance to know if I ever tried them – or if they were complete flops. This week, I want to feature a few past ideas that I did try and that were successful … Read more
Newspaper Blackout Poems
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work, also has a book called Newspaper Blackout. He recently participated in a Twitter chat, #edbookchat, co-moderated by Chris Couch (@the_explicator), which found its way into my Twitter stream. Austin, who lives in Austin (fancy that!), has posted some of his poetry on his … Read more
Parallel Poetry
Update 4/11/2022: This poetry lesson, along with many others, appears in my Poetry Wakelet collection. Click here to find more free ideas! I don’t often repeat lessons from one year to the next. But this has been one of my favorites to use with my 4th grade GT students during my career. The only change … Read more