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5 Star Writing: Encouraging Accountability and Independence

5 Star Writing: Encouraging Accountability and Independence

  • Post published:February 5, 2025
  • Post category:Writing/Anchor Charts/Interactive Writing/Penmanship/Uncategorized

5 Star Writing is an easy way to help students gain accountability and independence for their writing. Teaching young writers to take ownership of their work can feel like a challenge, but with the 5 Star Writing Rubric, students gain…

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Veterans Day: Honoring Our Heroes

Veterans Day: Honoring Our Heroes

  • Post published:November 5, 2023
  • Post category:Vocabulary/History/Social Studies/Interactive Writing

Veterans Day must be more than a day off school. As kindergarten and first-grade teachers, we have the unique privilege of shaping young minds and instilling values that will stay with our students for a lifetime. Let's explore the importance…

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Shared Reading & Animal Babies:  Fun Literacy Connections for Spring

Shared Reading & Animal Babies: Fun Literacy Connections for Spring

  • Post published:April 10, 2015
  • Post category:Centers/Interactive Writing/Poetry/Poem of the Week/Writing

Welcome to the next hop of your Poetry Blog Hop. If you follow the link at the bottom of this post, you'll get another poetry idea. Keep following links and collect many, many lesson ideas to add to your poetry…

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