Acrostic Poetry Using Visual Prompts
Subject: Language Arts Grade(s): 3-8 In this lesson, students will use a visual prompt to write an acrostic poem. They will practice using adjectives and descriptive phrases to illustrate meaning in their poems. Background Acrostic poetry is an...
Found Poems in the iPad Classroom
Subject: English/Language Arts Grades: 3-12 Words are all around us, but can you find words and put them together to make an interesting piece of poetry? Whether you are teaching limericks, rhyme, haikus or free verse, students can stretch their...
Wonder Wednesday: What is Pi?
National Pi Day was this month (March 14th) and many schools are providing math related activities to get students involved in the celebration! There’s no better time to get students wondering what the magic number “Pi” is all about…and...
Five Ways to Encourage Inquiry in the Elementary Science Classroom with Write About This
The fusion of mobile-technology and instruction can have a powerful impact on the strides students make with their learning in the science classroom. We are constantly trying to find ways to encourage curiosity of the world around them and to develop...
Wonder Wednesday: Why Do Flowers Bloom in the Spring?
Could there really be warm weather on the horizon? At least the calendar says so! One of the perks of the month of March is experiencing the first day of spring. If you are lucky, greenery and flowers are starting to bloom. So why is there a surge...