Author: Tammy Mulligan

Thanks, Maxwell and Saphira, for sharing their writing. Hi Writers, It's our last week of writing camp, so let's make something that will have a BIG impact. School is almost over and kids need books, websites, and lots of digital texts to read all summer long. To help kids know what to read, let's write… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 42

Hi Writers, Today is a big day at writing camp. My friend Jack, who is in kindergarten, shows how he says the sounds he hears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2mPp2Zmeqg Thanks, Jack, for teaching all of us. Writers, give Jack's strategy a try and then share your writing with your teachers. HAPPY WRITING!

Hi Writers, One way to connect with all the people we miss is to write letters. In this video, I'll show you how one teacher wrote a letter to a friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmG31QPxAB8 You can send your letters in the mail, take a photo and text it, or even email it. I can't wait to see… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 11

Hi Writers, Let's finish our essays with powerful endings that impact our readers. Thanks to Mrs. Curtin's class, we have some thoughtful endings to study. https://youtu.be/Vyz-bOgzkVc http://www.studentssendinglove.com Please remember to share your writing with your teachers. If you would like me to see your writing, please add it to our Padlet Board and I will… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 41

Ranger had a run-in with a porcupine. Hi Writers, Don't worry, we got the quills out and Ranger is fine now. I wish he would learn to leave the porcupines alone. Let's work on our essays to the heroes and helpers in our communities. https://youtu.be/Ok9vcLAdQCA Here is the writing I showed in the video. I… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 40

Students from the Brown School wrote essays to show how much they appreciate their custodians. http://www.studentssendinglove.com Hi Writers, Did you know that essays can be gifts to send out into the world? This week I am writing essays to celebrate all of the heroes and helpers in our communities. I hope you will join me.… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 39

Hi Writers, Let's learn to make our characters talk in our writing. I can't wait to see what you create today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDaVum24xqk Here are the lists that students created! Please add your writing to our Padlet Board if you would like me to see it. Don't forget to show your writing to your teachers. HAPPY… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 10

Hi Writers, Let's learn a new way to add more to our narrative stories. I can't wait to see what you create today. Don't forget to share your writing with your teachers. If you want me to see your writing, please add it to our Padlet Board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBHBO5Ur_A HAPPY WRITING!

Hi Writers, I hope you are having fun making something. Today I'll show you how I wrote about the life lessons I have learned in my letter to my future self. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Zhka_cRtM HAPPY WRITING!

Ranger and Hoppy enjoying the spring weather. Hi Writers, Let's add more to our letters to our future selves. Today I'll teach you how to think of the life lessons you've learned while you stayed at home. These will be lessons you will want to remember when you read this letter many years from now.… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 37

Mrs. Blumberg's Anchor Chart Hi Writers, This weekend I watched lots of teaching videos. I love the way Mrs. B teaches kids how to write a letter to their future self. I'll be working on my letter this week and sharing my thoughts with you. https://youtu.be/0hlsrzcYvGQ I hope you share your letters or whatever writing… Continue reading Grades 2-5: Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger – Session 36

Hi Writers, Let's learn how to say more when we write so that our readers will enjoy our writing even more. I hope this video makes you smile and helps you make something today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFuCxiMdY4w So many kids are sharing their writing with their teachers and adding it to our Padlet Board. I hope you… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 8

Hi Writers, Let's learn a new way to think of a writing idea. Remember, if you know what to write, please write it. If you don't, you can try one of the strategies we learned or the strategy I teach today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmY2YyLb-k Don't forget to share your writing with your teacher. If you would like… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 7

Hoppy ran across a stream and couldn't get back. Good thing my daughter was happy to go across and carry him back. Hi Writers, I created an editing choice board to help you make your writing the best it can be. To give it a try, watch my video and then click on the boxes… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 35 – Editing Choice Board

Hi Writers, Thanks to my friend, Mrs. Shepherd, I learned how to make choice boards on Google Slides. To give you more choices as writers, I created a revision choice board. This board is interactive and you can choose what you want to learn. I can't wait to hear how you revise your writing. https://youtu.be/voZ_E4jLf8I… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 34

Hi Writers, Tessa, a fifth-grader, is writing moments from her life to capture this unique time in history. We can learn so much from other writers. I hope you find craft moves to try after reading Tessa's writing. I certainly did. https://youtu.be/GBO2d0czuSs Every day when I open our Padlet board, I smile. There are so… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 33

Look at what this student created in her notebook. She wrote a story about brushing her dog. Hi Writers, Today I have a big message for you. I want you to write the sounds you hear. When you write the sounds you hear, you can get all of your beautiful ideas down on paper. As… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 6

Hi Writers, Let's learn to add labels and speech bubbles to our drawings and then touch and tell to think of what to write. I hope you enjoy watching Hoppy do a trick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFfeT6BFzU I am going to work on my story and I hope you will too. Please add your writing to our Padlet… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 5

Hi Writers, It is a BIG day at writing camp. Hoppy and Ranger get to watch a video of Alessandra teaching her cat Dusty to perform tricks. Then you will see how Alessandra uses her knowledge of vowel sounds to spell - WOW! I can't wait to hear what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9doBS1DGGQc Alessandra's letter to… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 32

Hi Writers, I wrote in my notebook just like Mrs. Blumberg suggested. I hope you did too. Today I want to teach you how to slow down a moment when you write to capture the details. I can't wait to see what you created. https://youtu.be/9w6gobaAPuU I love reading your writing. Please add your work to… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 31

Hi Writers, It's a special day at writing camp because we have a guest teacher. Today, Mrs. Blumberg (Mrs. B.) will explain how to keep a journal while we are staying inside to record this unusual time in our lives. https://youtu.be/7X2mZQ9W7tI Max created a poem to capture his feelings This student shared his disappointments about… Continue reading Grades 2-5 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 30

Hi Writers, Did you see how Alex wrote about a special toy? I'm going to try that today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60gPq-o73mE Look at what all of these kids are writing. You can add your writing to our Padlet Board too! https://padlet.com/tbmulligan/xtj7jk1467zg HAPPY WRITING!

Hi Writers, Let's write our story. Today I show you how I write the sounds I hear. I can't wait to read your stories. Please show them to your teachers. If you want me to read your writing, you can add it to the Padlet Board. HAPPY WRITING! Tammy https://youtu.be/Q3RUyNnjdNg

Hi Writers, Let's edit our writing today. In this lesson, I will show you when to put a new paragraph in your writing. https://youtu.be/xWb7bcMMPTA I can't wait to read what you create. Here is the link to our Padlet Board. I HAPPY WRITING!

Hi Writers, Today I will show you how to write a few endings to the letters you are writing. If you are not writing a letter, don't worry. This video can help you create an effective ending to any writing project. https://youtu.be/qtYMJAlU0V4 I can't wait to see what you create this week. If you want… Continue reading Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 28 (Grades 2-5)

Hi Writers, I have exciting news from writing camp. Each week, I will create a new writing project, and this week is letter writing. Since the people who live at nursing homes can't have visitors, I will write letters to the people who work and live there to cheer them up. You can do this… Continue reading Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 27 (Grades 2-5)

Hi Writers, Look at all the writing and drawing students are working on while they are at home. Today, let's learn how to say our writing aloud before we write it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcElJMfCxlA You can add your writing to our Padlet board and I will write back to you. I can't wait to see what you… Continue reading K/1 Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger: Session 2

Many educators have asked for writing camp lessons geared to students in Kindergarten and First Grade. To help out, I will post Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger lessons for our youngest writers on Thursdays and Fridays. Writing Camp geared towards students in grades 2-5 will continue on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Thank you for… Continue reading News from Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger