Looking for a fun, low-pressure way to help students develop their storytelling skills? "Doodle Your Way to Short Stories" introduces an eight-panel drawing activity that turns simple sketches into rich narratives. Created by author Linda Urban and...
In this episode, host Gary R. Gray Jr. speaks with Katie Wood Ray and Stella Villalba, coauthors of the recently published Wondrous Words: Reimagining Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom. They explore what it means to read like a writer...
During my first couple of years of teaching, I noticed that despite students coming in with vibrant imaginations and endless ideas for stories, few seemed genuinely enthused about writing. They did not complain or refuse to write; they just never...
Dear Teachers, Being a teacher who writes has taught me so much about what it means to be a writer. In my classroom, I help students see that we’re all learning what it means to live the life of a writer. It means showing up to a blank page...
It’s important for children to understand that the purpose of writing is to communicate in some way with a reader—to write for a real audience. However, even if we’re writing every day, and writing to publish and share pieces with classmates...