Typically around this time of the year I pull out my old, tattered and torn, Charles Schultz books:
Happiness is a Warm Puppy
Love is Walking Hand in Hand
When I was in the classroom it was fun to read the stories and invite children to write their own pages for the book. Last week I was teaching third grade and had the students create their own book using the sentence stem: Learning is…
Their sentences soon began to tell a story about teaching and learning.
Learning is going for your goal.
Learning is really important for you.
Learning is a fun way to become educated.
Learning happens before and after lunch.
Learning is getting an A+ and working your butt off.
Learning is creative, fun, tricky, awesome, cool and out of this world.
Learning is asking questions and saying statements.
Learning is trying out new things.
Learning is making your brain work.
Learning is trying to be better than okay.
Learning is reading, writing, spelling, math, science and social studies.
Learning is fun and it can be really boring.
Learning is what kids do best at school.
Learning is easy to do for some kids.
Learning helps you do your stuff.
Learning is fun because it is to me.
Learning is helpful to other people.
Learning is how you learn so you’ll be smarter.
Learning is the best part if the day.
Learning is my favorite thing in the world.
Learning is listening, friendship, reading, working hard and cool.
Learning is making your brain really smart.
Learning is fun to do for some kids.
Learning is easy to do for some kids.
Learning helps you go to college.
Learning is one thing to one person and another thing to another person.
What would your students add to this story?
