The Importance of Struggle
Everyone is on a growth journey and we should celebrate the growth potential of all students. You CAN learn ANYTHING!
Category: ELA
William O. Schaefer September Reading Challenge
Make Beliefs Comix: 2018 Summer Reading Goals
Reading can be one of the many fun activities children choose to fill their summer time. Research has shown it is also much more! Children who participate in public library summer reading programs make achievement leaps during the summer and maintain their reading achievements. This summer, take your child to participate in the summer programs… Read More Make Beliefs Comix: 2018 Summer Reading Goals
Alphabet Sounds Chart
Lego Poetry
Lego Poetry is a type of poetry students will actually build with Legos! Lego poetry is supposed to be fun and engaging. I think will get some pretty silly poems! If students prefer to use the legos as inspiration and not actually build with them…that’s okay too! I think we will be amazed at how… Read More Lego Poetry
National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.This year, William O. Schaefer will celebrate National Poetry Month by creating “Book Spine Poetry“! Poetry does not… Read More National Poetry Month
National Crayon Day
National Crayon Day is March 31st! What a better way to take part in National Crayon Day than to open up a box of crayons and enjoy coloring? Did you know, wax and chalk based crayons have been used by artists around the world for centuries? Edwin Binney created the brightly colored crayons we are… Read More National Crayon Day
The Day the Crayons Came Home
Read: The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, author and Oliver Jeffers, illustrator. I’m not sure what it is about this kid Duncan, but his crayons sure are a colorful bunch of characters! Having soothed the hurt feelings of one group who threatened to quit, Duncan now faces a whole new group of crayons… Read More The Day the Crayons Came Home