K-6 Literacy Resources for Teachers & Parents
What is personification? Personification gives human qualities or characteristics to non-human animals, objects, or concepts. (As a clue, personification has the word person in the name.) We personify a non-human object when we humanize it through words we typically use to describe humans and human behavior. What are some personification examples? Here a (non-human) lighthouse …
Oh, the best laid plans…I was really hoping Poems for Kids: Over 600 poems for teaching poetry terms & poetic devices to children in grades 3-6 was going to be published in March just before National Poetry Month in April, but sometimes projects just take a little bit longer than expected. It’s now June, and …
I’m a long time collector of children’s book quotes, so I’ve assembled some of my favorites from classic children’s literature to share. Book quotes from classic children’s literature are snippets of good writing, so why not use them as exemplars for teaching? Even if you haven’t read any of these classic books (yet), these literary …
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I love the fall, but I especially love the weeks just before Halloween when the wind takes the leaves, the days grow short, and there is a special quality to the autumn light. This is when I most enjoy reading one of my all-time favorite picture books, The Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi, …
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