Biography project elementary

Great blog post with tips on teaching biography! Biography anchor charts, great list of resources for student research, biography writing leads, and more! #teachingbiography #biographyresearch #biographywriting #biographyproject #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade #teachertrap

Biography bags are a great interdisciplinary project based learning artifact! Check out this post about how to get started!

My kiddos have recently finished their biography reports. They came out SO great! I gave them a choice, they could make a bottle doll and write a report or they could create "quilt squares", which is an outline of that person's life on a poster board. We did our presentations today, the kids said they LOVED making the bottle dolls. Albert Einstein = adorable! Can you match the other famous Americans to their dolls? We've got Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Jane Goodall, Rosa Parks…

Part 4 The students have been working hard reading and researching about their person of choice! They are learning so much and so excited! One little girl ran up to me and said, "Did you know that Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day! I need to put this on the timeline!" It's important to model how to write complete sentences from their recording sheets. If you do not take time to do this students will copy word for word from their recording sheets. This will mean they will either copy it…

A box of craft materials is an unclaimed treasure for children. Last night we had to finish making the biography poster for Leah's proje...

Author Biography Worksheets are a valuable tool for individuals to identify an author. It can be used for students, readers, authors looking for inspiration, or literature enthusiasts. These worksheets provide a table to write about the author's personal life or early life such as the author's writing career, the author’s name, and the author’s education. These worksheets can be used as a tool to find inspiration and motivation. It provides a structured format to help students study…

Teaching Biographies in a primary classroom (with 2 fun freebies)- lesson and activities ideas for biographies)

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Biography crafts engage students in the lives of famous people. They'll love creating foldables, social media posts & biography cubes!

Plan a successful biography research and writing project with these seven components! via @literacyinfocus