Wordless Wednesday - The Happy Duckling

Hello!

Thank you Christina at Sugar and Spice!

I have another great (wordless) animation from The Literacy Shed that I wanted to share this week. It is such a sweet tale and I love the pop up book style that has been used.
I've used it as a big writing prompt in class in previous years with children aged 10-11, and this year with children aged 6-7! Suitable for all!

In the Great Animations Shed - scroll down to near the bottom of the page

There are ideas for how this wordless film can be used in class for reading and writing on the site but my question for you is:

How would you use this animation in your classroom? For reading? Writing? Crafts?

Have a good week!

Wordless Wednesday - Big Writing!

Hello!

I am linking up again with Christina at Second Grade Sugar and Spice for another Wordless Wednesday.

Thank you Christina at Sugar and Spice!

Here is a display I used to have in my room to prompt children when writing. The spiders web was full of different connectives, the magpie was searching for different wow words and the door was surrounded with great sentence openers. Later I added different punctuation marks in stars at the top as a reminder to use more than just the basics.

My question for you is: 

What displays and prompts do you find most effective or useful when promoting great writing in your classroom?

Thanks for stopping by!