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A Field Trip Focused on Art and Poetry

7/16/2026

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Going outdoors can inspire elementary students to tap into their creativity and produce poems with a visual twist.
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Building Empathy Through Haiku

4/2/2026

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Elementary students can develop their listening and literacy skills as they learn to write concise, expressive poems. 

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How to Adapt ‘Julius Caesar’ for Upper Elementary Students

3/20/2026

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How to Adapt ‘Julius Caesar’ for Upper Elementary Students.
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6 Simple Ways to Encourage Elementary Students to Read

1/14/2026

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6 Simple Ways to Encourage Elementary Students to Read.
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Modernizing Shakespeare With a Tech Twist

6/13/2025

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An account of how my afterschool Grade 4/5 drama club and I produced our own modernized version of Macbeth.
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Using Poetry to Refine Students’ Collaboration Skills

4/9/2025

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How haiku poetry can serve as a catalyst for discussion and creativity as elementary students work together to create their own poems.

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Using Rhyming to Promote Phonemic Awareness in Elementary School

12/11/2024

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Here is my Edutopia article about how playing with language can help students build necessary literacy skills and develop confidence as writers.
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Supporting Communication Skills

11/21/2024

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My Edutopia article about developing speaking and listening skills in Elementary aged students.
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Poetic Sentence Writing in Kindergarten

6/7/2024

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My article about how teachers can inspire an interest in poetry by having young learners make observations about the world around them.
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Maintaining a Culture of Storytelling in Kindergarten

5/22/2024

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Here is my Edutopia article about how to maintain a culture of storytelling and story writing in a kindergarten class.
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    Overview:

    I am often commissioned to write articles about education, storytelling, having dyslexia and teaching. 
    Prior to that, I wrote many articles about creative writing, working in theatres and scriptwriting for Writers Forum and Scriptwriting Magazine (2001-2005). 

    You can read many of the articles listed on request, including older writing articles referred to above.

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