Publishing party

The writing unit is over and you're about to start a new genre. But, wait! Celebrate all of that hard work with a writing celebration!

Completing a writing unit is a HUGE accomplishment no matter what grade level you teach. Whether you teach Lucy Calkins' Writer's Workshop, district mandated

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!

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.

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…

February marks the end to our two month non-fiction writer's workshop unit. For eight weeks we read and explore elements of non-fiction texts before reading and research topics of our choice! If you've followed along on my Instagram you know my class did a shared literacy immersion experience where each student reads, researches and writes a nonfiction book of their own about penguins. In order to differentiate, students were able to use facts from our class anchor chart or stretch their…

First Grade Memories Upcoming Dates: Tuesday, June 3: Art Walk and Technology Night! Thursday, June 5: Dad’s and Doughnuts Friday, June 6: Hike to Lone Pine! Tuesday, June 10: Last Day of School THE LAST NEWSLETTER! The last newsletter and Friday folder of the year is being sent home today! Next week I may send reminder notes about some of the activities happening throughout the week. Watch for notes swimming around in backpacks or sticker notes on your child’s shirt. Also, kids will start…

We recently sent off a class book to be published and it's back! I've been doing this for a few years now and I love how excited the kids get when they see their writing in an actual hard-cover book. So this year we celebrated with a book publishing party complete with punch, cookies, and the very first reading of our book. They even made toasts and clinked their plastic cups together. It was a hit with my little authors! I posted about the books last year too. Go here to read and get…

Hello friends! This is Cara Taylor from Creative Playground and I'm so happy to be learning and sharing with you today! Since we're at that half-way mark in the school year, many of us are at that point when our kiddos are nearing the end of publishing a writing piece. If you have or are planning to hold an Author Celebration or Publishing Party, make sure to keep reading to discover... We could go on for days talking about how to create a positive celebration experience, but I've narrowed…