Writing party

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

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

Publishing party

You can host your own fun and inspiring Tea & Letter-Writing Party with these simple suggestions.

Publishing party decorations

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…

A publishing party is the perfect way to celebrate your students and their writing. Here’s how to plan a party they won’t soon forget!

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Writing celebration - each reader shared their favorite line from a piece of writing that they read.

Graduation party. Type writer with announcement on it for guest book.

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…

So, you want to throw a big birthday bash that celebrates your love of literature? Well, you're in the right place. Today I’m going to talk you through how to plan, invite and throw a wondrously wordy birthday party that suits your bookish style. Whether it's yours, a friend or a family member's

Awhile back I posted about using the wonderful website, Student Treasures, to publish your students' writing. It's a great resource that's FREE for teachers and FUN for students. Since I am back in the classroom this year, I decided it was time to utilize this resource for my fifth grade class. After publishing their writing,