If shelter dogs could speak or write, what would they say? Forty-two second-graders at St. Michael's Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia, imagined those stories and created heartwarming letters and ...

A class of second-graders in Charlottesville are practicing and improving their writing skills while at the same time making connections to their community in the form of a pen pal program with ...

If you’re a parent, teacher, or librarian looking for the best 2nd books for 2nd graders (7 year olds) boys and girls, this chapter book list can help with recommendations of funny books to fantasy ...

St. Nicholas-St. Mary School second-grade students recently published books that they completed as part of a writing project. Each individual grade chose their own title and each student wrote their ...

In this teacher-generated study we explored 15 children's perceptions of what constituted good writing to see how those might better inform the teacher's instruction. Transcripts of audiotaped data, ...

As a children’s author, I get invited speak at local elementary schools quite often. Mainly because I’m free. My audience is usually fourth- and fifth-graders, sometimes third. I begin by asking the ...

From the moment our children are born, we’ve watched them grow and change right before our eyes. In the first year of life, babies change and develop very rapidly. By the time they are 3 or 4 years ...

Scrunched up faces and splashing feet filled the Hampton Virginia Aquaplex as students from two elementary schools learned to hold their breath underwater and work on their kicks. They were ...

Ring Elementary School second grader, Ernie Carrasquillo, does the limbo under a pole held by teacher, Andrea Norene and fellow student, Maleeya McGaughy, during their recent grade-level Olympics.