For our writing time, we shared these gorgeous winter books for inspiration and I had two different ideas for children to write about. What snowy adventures do you enjoy having? What do you know about woodland creatures and the forest?
Children creating a classroom book for our book collection this year has been one of the most motivating and inspirational writing projects I’ve done in my 13 plus years of teaching. A class book is when each student contributes a page about a topic (decided ahead of time by the teacher- inspiration ideas below) and the teacher creates a cover (definitely laminated!) and binds all the responses together for everyone’s reading pleasure.
This summer…make a book! For teachers and students, the month of June is packed with so many end of the year activities, summer holiday happenings, graduation ceremonies and final assessments. Despite being a busy month, the actual curriculum pace can slow down, and in many classrooms – students are also able to take this month to explore various forms of writing, free style, journaling and often creating their own books. Depending on the grade level, and the child’s interest!, the process and product can be completely different.