10 Easy Steps to Introduce Journal Writing to Children: Preschool - Third Grade. Book GIVEAWAY: I Like Me by Nancy Carlson and I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont and a Journal to get started. Book GIVEAWAY information at end of post. When I was in seventh grade, our teacher introduced journal writing to our Language Arts class. Well it really wasn’t an introduction at all! We all had a spiral and at the beginning of class each day she told us to stop talking and start writing. We had no idea what we were doing or why we were doing it and we certainly had no idea what to write. When we whined about not knowing what to write about she informed us to just write, “I don’t know what to write about.” over and over again. So as a classroom teacher and homeschooling Mom, I’ve vowed to make journal writing a much more inspirational and successful learning experience.
Day 1 Supplies: read aloud bookspencils or markersblank spiral journals preschool – first grade: unlined paper spiral bound paper works wellsecond – third grade: a simple lined spiral notebookpencil or markers 1. 2. Journal Buddies® | Your Kids Journaling and Writing Resource. National College for School Leadership. Alan Peat Limited - Beyond Acrostics. Home » FREE Resources » Free Online Comic Book Creators Mr Crawley would bore us to tears with his knowledge of how they make baked beans during Geography lessons. Ms Hitchkins was somewhat of a “free-spirit” and most days involved some form of interpretive dance, art, music or more candles than health and safety now allows.
The flamboyant Mrs Simpson made us poor Year 1s sing the flipping register every day giving her an opportunity to recapture the operatic career she missed out on! Like it or not, these oddly passionate teachers have had an effect on me. I remember them and their lessons. So, what personal passion do I inflict upon my pupils? Easy, but hopefully my “infliction” (or my affliction, as my wife has actually called it) has a real use the in classroom. On this site there are several of us who are passionate about comics. Below are a few of the free online comic creators that I’ve found and used. Rules of speech Sentence types Onomatopoeia This is a designated KS3 resource. Alan Peat Limited - Motivating Reluctant Writers Using Comic Makers. What are Internet-based comic makers? Internet-based comic makers are websites (or parts of websites) which allow pupils to create a comic using frames, characters and settings. Most feature drag-and-drop menus for all visual elements of the comic such as speech bubbles and text boxes.
Some are based on familiar television programmes such as Dr.Who or comics, which already exist, such as The Beano. Others allow for the creation of wholly original comic based stories. Why use Internet-based comic makers? There has been a longstanding debate as to the efficacy of comics in the classroom but this has mainly related to their use as reading matter. There is a direct correlation between pupil interest and on-task time and comics certainly interest pupils! Comics also provide a context for writing and literacy targets such as the use of a broad ranges of sentences types, or varied punctuation.
A very useful ghost story comic creator can be found at www.beanotown.com . Additional Websites.