How to Empower Student Success with Poetry Reading Lessons

Reading Poetry for 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th Grade Blog Post by The Mountain Teacher 404

I used to DREAD April because it meant it was time for teaching poetry. I am not that creative brained person that was ever good at writing poetry, so I assumed teaching students about reading poetry would be the same…. but I was so wrong! With the right models, anchor charts and lesson plans, teaching […]

Simile Monsters: How to Spark Imagination and Energize Writing

Teaching Simile Monsters to Elementary Students

Are you looking for a fun way to reinforce teaching similes to students? Making simile monsters is always a huge hit! Students will create a fictitious monster and use similes to describe the 5 senses about their monsters. To hook students, I love to read the text Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood (affiliate […]