Category: writing workshop

teaching figurative language in the upper elementary classroom

3 Fun Activities for Teaching Figurative Language

Are you an upper elementary teacher who needs new ideas for teaching figurative language? Then you’re in the right spot! Keep reading for 3 fun poetry ideas that you can use in your classroom tomorrow! 1) Interactive Read Aloud One of my favourite ways to have students practice identifying figurative

Read More »

No Excuses List

Has this ever been you after reading your students work? Sally has forgotten to use punctuation. Joey has misspelled “the” and “at”. Yousuf has forgotten to start his sentences with capital letters! You know that you have taught your students these basic writing concepts, but for some reason they keep

Read More »