I use to write a lot when I was a child. At one point I started writing a novel that I asked my grandmother to edit because I was determined to become a publis…
The theme of this lesson at PS/MS 279 Afterschool was “Where I’m from”. Students were given a prompt for a quick free-write to begin to explore ideas abou…
Programs at MS 353 are made possible in part by The New York Community Trust. The 6th grade students in Ms. Skidd’s classroom have a word wall. The teaching ar…
The 2nd graders of Ms. Builez’ class are off and running in their exploration of the alphabet as building blocks of writing. They are doing fine collaborative …
The ladies at The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens (TYWLS-Q) were introduced to one of teaching artist, Katie Rainey's, favorite short stori…
Although I’ve reached the halfway mark of my residency, each day I spend at PS676 in Red Hook continues to feel just as new and experimental as it did the day …
As part of the mid year culmination, students at PS 132 performed their community narratives poems. Students were divided into stanza groups and created tablea…
Last week, the student at IS 126 took news clippings from various papers and online articles and researched them in small groups. They then created a seri…
Teaching is not a cookie-cutter task. It requires constant creativity, flexibility, and, like performing arts, the show must go on no matter what the circumsta…
