Amelia age 11
Number the Stars: Craft & STEM Book Club (3 Weeks)I love this book and always well. It is a historical fiction book where the German army is trying to take over Denmark. Anybody and everybody should take this class
Ages 7-12writing
Build a Silly Christmas Story! | Creative Writing & Story Building for Kids
$10/class
Single ClassNo Active Sessions Currently Scheduled
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Course Description
What happens when a reindeer gets lost at a Christmas tree farm? What if an elf discovers a mysterious present? Every story can be different in Build a Silly Christmas Story! During class, the teacher will draw Christmas-themed story cards and give learners several options to choose from. Students will select ideas for their character, setting, problem, and other story details. Then we will brainstorm together and build our stories one piece at a time. Learners will practice: - Brainstorming story ideas - Identifying characters and setting - Creating a problem - Deciding what happens next - Planning an ending or solution - Turning their ideas into a complete story More confident writers may write a short story using their brainstorm. Younger or newer writers may draw their story and use pictures, labels, or short sentences. Learners are also welcome to combine writing and drawing. The goal is to help learners organize their ideas, understand the basic parts of a story, and complete a story during class. Different Christmas story cards can be drawn each time, so learners are welcome to take the class more than once and create a brand-new holiday story!
Meet Your Teacher
Kristen Freeman
Elementary Teacher | Orton Gillingham Trained | Reading, Writing, Grammar, and Phonics | Bachelor's in Education | Passionate Teacher for Fun Interactive Learning
Reviews
Amelia age 11
Book Builders: The HobbitSuch a fun book! Has so much fun and funny parts in it. Very in encouraging story to it anybody and everybody should take this class!
Amelia Age 11
Anne of Avonlea Novel StudyThis book club is AMAZING!!! I love Anne's enthusiasm toward her students. ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!
Amelia Age 11
Anne of Green Gables Novel StudyI love this class it was so awesome and fun! The projects were also awesome. The story is so much fun and encouraging, and the moral of the story is great. Anybody and everybody should take this class!!
Candice
Master Speller Academy: Word Patterns, Strategy & ConfidenceI feel like this class really was a game changer for my daughter with spelling! Spelling is not my favorite thing to teach, and my daughter just is not into it and has low motivation to learn about it. Putting her into this class helped so much. I think having Ms. Kristin teach her helped my daughter to know that spelling is important and not just because I say it is! Her classes always have hands on and visual activities that are so much fun, so I feel like it helps when you have learners that need a bit more hands on approaches to things like this. She also learned more about word patterns, and is recognizing those patterns more frequently now! It's nice having some other kids in the class, too. She is pretty social, so enjoys learning about this with Ms. Kristin and other students! She feels safe to make mistakes and learn from them in Ms. Kristin's class, which is huge!
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Spell & Play: A Game-Based Spelling Adventure Part 1Spelling is not my favorite subject to teach! It is not my kids favorite subject to learn about either. Ms. Kristin made this into a fun gamified class, which I kind of feel like can be hard with spelling (at least for me). It was really nice to be able to have someone else teach this class and give me a bit of a break to work on other subjects with my other kids! I can tell they are recognizing more spelling patterns now, which is awesome! They really learned a lot!
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Grammar, Writing & Reading Mastery: Comprehensive 4th–5th Grade Language ArtsThis is such a great class! This was such a great help in getting some deep LA lessons in for my oldest daughter, and she really does better in a class because she likes bouncing ideas off of others in subjects like this. It really made Language Arts a lot more fun and engaging, and it took something off of my plate which was a huge help!
Show moreTaylor Hamel
History Builders: Famous Americans Brick BuildingMy girls look forward to this class every single week. It's such a fun way to learn history, getting to build what they're learning so the historical figures actually stick. They come running out after class every week to show me what they've built and tell me all about the history behind it.
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Customized Tutoring for Reading, Writing, and more!Mrs. Kristen manages to make reading tutoring fun and engaging for my (very) ADHD daughter! She's grown in ability and confidence and always looks forward to her time with Mrs. Kristen.
Jennifer
God’s Amazing Animals: Ocean Wonders – Crafts, Facts & Fun for Kids!Such a fun class! I loved seeing what my daughter created each week and how much she learned!