The Joy of Teaching

Sharing creative ideas and lessons to help children learn

August 19, 2019
by Evan-Moor
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Writing Fabulous Sentences and Paragraphs: How to Teach Beginning Writing

Developing students’ writing takes practice and hard work throughout the year, and it can be difficult to transition young students’ basic writing into detailed and descriptive sentences. Teaching early writing components such as expanding sentences, beginning paragraphs, identifying topic sentences, … Continue reading

Thanksgiving writing prompts

November 1, 2017
by Evan-Moor
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Pie, Please! – Creative Writing Prompts for November and Thanksgiving

Keep students writing in November with Thanksgiving-themed creative writing prompts. These topics can be used as journal free writes or paragraph-writing practice. Free Creative Writing Activity – Pie, Please! In this Thanksgiving creative writing activity, students are asked to imagine … Continue reading

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