Laura Purdie Salas

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Digital Collages Based on Water Can Be…

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Okay, some of you might be tired of hearing how wonderful Rogers Elementary School is (here’s the overall description of my visit, and here’s the 2nd-grade music program inspired by Lion of the Sky), and in what cool ways they used my books over the course of a year! But here’s one more. And, frankly, […]

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A Compassionate Point of View in Poetry – World Refugee Day

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Wednesday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, and I wanted to share a poetry-writing activity I did with 3rd-8th graders in case you’re looking for a writing activity with one of your summer programs (or in years to come). Almost every year, I teach at Success Beyond the Classroom’s Young Authors Conference at Bethel University […]

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Blog Tour Stop 7: 2nd Graders Write About Family

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[Following Madness Poetry? Go here to vote on my Round 5 Final Four matchup. Amelia and I had to write “spurious” poems–just pick your favorite! Thanks–and enjoy voting on the other matchup, too! ]   Hello, Kidlitosphere! We’re up to Stop 7 on my Meet My Family  blog tour!    Today’s tour stop is RIGHT HERE! […]

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Blog Tour Stop 6: Kindergarten Writing in Response to Meet My Family (and Giveaway!)

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Hello, Kidlitosphere! We’re up to Stop 6 on my Meet My Family  blog tour!    Today, thoughtful educator Catherine Flynn is sharing some writing her kindergartners did in response to Meet My Family. Wait until you see the book they made! Catherine is not only a super nice person, but she’s an empowering, passionate educator as […]

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First Graders Ponder What Leaves Can Be…

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There is hardly anything a writer likes better than hearing/seeing how readers respond to her work. A writer friend sent me this fun image a few weeks ago. Her sister is a substitute teacher in New Hampshire, and she used A Leaf Can Be… with first graders. They were studying the number 9, and the […]

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Poetry Workshops with Third Graders

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(continued from yesterday’s post) [Addendum: I am so disappointed in election results. I think it’s more important than ever to reach every kid through books and reading and writing, and telling them through each of these activities: you matter. No matter what your race, religion, or gender, you matter. You are a human being, just […]

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Can Be… Books by 2nd Graders

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I’ve been sharing loads of poems by the students of Wealthy Elementary, but today, I want to share some nonfiction. The second grade wanted to write nonfiction books using my Can Be… mentor text project. I would only have two sessions with each class, one 45 minutes long and the other 30 minutes long. So […]

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