Thank you to my friend Karen, who introduced me to this great activity she is doing with her children.  Thank you also, to Long Creations, for creating this!  Click below to download a time capsule book for kids to work on during the pandemic!

Click here to download the booklet.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/LongCreations1

My son’s Grade One teacher has been assigning writing activities, and has been encouraging students to watch these short videos first.  Today my son watched the video on how to write a “how to” book, and then wrote his own book.  He really enjoyed doing this.  He is often reluctant to write, and this had him engaged for a long time!

I encourage you to watch her videos, and you might want to ask your students to watch them, and try the writing the teacher is modelling.

Here is the link to her video on making a “how to” book.  I’ve attached my son’s book too!

click here for video

James’ How To Book

Thank you so much to POPEY, who have created many wonderful resources for primary teachers!

Click here for their home learning page.

I have shared Linda Rief’s Quickwrite Handbook at many of my writing sessions, as it has such practical and thoughtful suggestions for upper intermediate and secondary students.  Linda has come out of retirement to share this:  Click here

Thank you Linda Rief!

Carol Jago, author of The Book in Question: Why and How Reading Is in Crisis, has put together a poetry lesson in PDF form that is easy to download and share — Ideas for writing poems in a pandemic.    click here

Thank you to Matt Glover, who has created these wonderful videos for parents, showing them how to support young writers.  There are two videos, and here are the links:

Part One Click Here

Part Two Click Here

Thank you to Popey for creating these fabulous documents, to support learning at home.

Click hereto view their Home Learning Menu #1

Click hereto view tips for home learning.

Thank you to Nicole Wilson for sharing these amazing ideas she has created for the students and families in her class. All activities have a social emotional lens, which is more important to focus on now, more than ever!

Click Here for SEL Four Week Challenge

What is Social Emotional Learning?

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.  https://casel.org/

The Circle of Viewpoints activity helps students consider different and diverse perspectives involved in and around a topic. Understanding that people may think and feel differently about things is important learning for our students.  This work is inspired by Miriam Miller and also Project Zero.  This is a template that might work for learners at home.   They could choose text they have at home, or online, and write about the different perspectives students have in a book or article.

circle of viewpoints