Writing celebration

Lucy and I have a love-hate relationship. Lucy Caulkins that is. While I adore her theory and many of her ideas for structuring Writers Workshop, I often

Publishing parties and other ways to motivate students to write

Hello friends! This is Cara Taylor from Creative Playground and I'm so happy to be learning and sharing with you today! Since we're at that half-way mark in the school year, many of us are at that point when our kiddos are nearing the end of publishing a writing piece. If you have or are planning to hold an Author Celebration or Publishing Party, make sure to keep reading to discover... We could go on for days talking about how to create a positive celebration experience, but I've narrowed…

The writing unit is over and you're about to start a new genre. But, wait! Celebrate all of that hard work with an author's celebration! Read this blog post for planning tips!

One of my top goals this year is to convince my kids that they are writers. Writing is not just something your teacher makes you do. It is a way to express yourself. I feel like one of the best ways to get through to my kids is to give them authentic purposes for their writing. As we neared the end of writing personal narratives, we decided to have a Publishing Party. We invited the principal, the class across the hall, and few other guests! The kids were pumped and worked extra hard to…

Becoming a published author is an achievement worth celebrating! Here are our top 4 publishing party ideas to celebrate with your #proudauthors.

Looking for Writing Celebrations for your Writer's Workshop? You will find 4 tips to celebrate your young authors all year long. From share time, writing portfolios, young author crowns and certificates, writing goals and brag tags along with using a microphone, your students will look forward to writing workshop with these engaging culminating activities for any writing unit! #writersworkshop #firstgrade

WOO HOO! We finished our first big writing project of the year - personal narratives and we had a great author celebration to celebrate all our great authors. Our writing units are 6 weeks long and I use plans I found, since we don't have a writing series to follow. To make it makes much more sense to have a devoted time everyday and really dig deep in the writing process especailly in 4th grade. We do big pieces and I get some shorter pieces where they do the writing process independently…

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Completing a writing unit is a HUGE accomplishment no matter what grade level you teach. Whether you teach Lucy Calkins' Writer's Workshop, district mandated