For some parts of the country, school is just letting out for the summer. In other parts, like where I live, we're already almost four weeks into summer break! So that means the inevitable summer boredom is creeping in a little. Who am I kidding? My kids were complaining they were bored the very first day of summer! No ...

Summer Is Coming Writing Center Sample for Common Core These freebies are from my favorite new packet!  Summer Is Coming Writing Center for Common Core  

It's the 14th of the month again, time certainly flies!  This is the freebie of the month from the Wise Owl Factory by Carolyn Wilhelm. I've just taken a class about how to make nice photo pins for Pinterest, and these are NOT examples of what I have learned.  I wanted you to be sure to see what you are getting in the free printables today.  It is ...

Photo Credit: D. Sharon Pruitt via Compfight I’ve published a number of posts on writing instruction, and thought I’d bring them all together into one “The Best” list. I’ve previously posted tons of lists sharing sites that are useful in … Continue reading →

StoryToolz is a wonderful site for LA/Writing teachers that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers.  This is fantastic place to find word prompts or story starters for students looking to create a composition.  This can be done by choosing either: random conflicts, story idea generator, or half title generator.  These buttons ...

Karla from Life in Special Education! Congratulations! To learn more about my Pout-Pout Fish Writing Center CLICK HERE.    To learn more about my Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark Writing Center CLICK HERE.  Even if you don't own the Pout-Pout Fish books, I've embedded some terrific YouTube ...

Enjoy this flashback tip I shared last summer! My lovely cousin, Holly, asked me if my kids would like to be pen pals with her kids over the summer and I hastily replied, ''Yes!'' Holly is a teacher and knows what good writing practice this will be for our kids. I'm thankful for her initiative, as this was one of those things I was wanting to do ...

I love this book set so I have to tell you about it. It teachers readers how to write different types of writing for instance, a fairy tale, a friendly letter, a poem, etc.  What are in the books? What I like about these books is that they don't just explain the steps to the reader but they use lots of examples of actual ...

I love this book set so I have to tell you about it. It teachers readers how to write different types of writing for instance, a fairy tale, a friendly letter, a poem, etc.  What are in the books? What I like about these books is that they don't just explain the steps to the reader but they use lots of examples of actual ...