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My substitute teaching takes me into many classrooms to teach many subjects.
This year one of the second grade teachers has been out due to illness, so I’ve subbed for her quite a bit. I’ve been having a delightful time writing with these youngsters.
Now when they see me in the classroom, the students ask if they can write books that day. The first day I subbed, the teacher had a booklet project in which the youngsters wrote and drew pictures about the weather, after we’d watched a video and I read a book. (Weather was their science topic for several weeks.) The next couple of days, many wanted to make more weather books. I also wrote weather poems with them.
Now when they want to write and illustrate booklets, I check to see what topics we’re studying. Then, when their other work is finished, they can make books or write poems about it. This week they were contrasting and comparing country and town living in Social Studies, so they made booklets related to this. It’s exciting for me, as a children’s author, to see such enthusiasm about writing books.
So…with your own children. If you need something for them to do, choose a topic and see what they can do with making a book. I only use two pieces of 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper folded over and stapled. That way the book isn’t too long and won’t become a discouraging project, especially for second graders. You can add folded colored paper for the cover and back, if you desire.
At my blog for teachers, homeschooling parents and parents, Mary Emma’s Learning Activities for Tots & Teens, I’ll be posting more writing and reading related activities.
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