Class Date:
Online: Wednesdays, Jan. 28, Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18
Class Time:
5:00-6:15 pm ET
Class Size:
6-8 students
Age Group:
4th-6th Graders
Location:
ONLINE: Zoom link to be provided the week before the class.
Have you wondered what it would be like to rule a kingdom for a day? To rename the food groups? To give an acceptance speech to thousands of your adoring fans who wait breathlessly to hear from you? To give kids an allowance to buy whatever they want?
“Write your Wildest Dreams!” is a responsive writing class for anyone interested in letting their imagination soar! Each week the instructor will provide a funny, imaginative poem/short story then invite the class participants to add their own writerly dreams and thoughts as they finish the piece independently. Each student’s work will be gathered and added after the teacher poem/story to form a collective group of exciting work.
Come join others as we create wonderful, touching, and hilarious short pieces that will have everyone loving the finished products. Writers should be able to word process via Google document and compose basic paragraphs.
All enrolled students will have the opportunity to publish work in the 2026 issue of the National Writers Series’ literary journal.
Kelly Almer is a passionate life-long learner and teacher of 33+ years, all in public education. In her teaching career, she taught students in grades K-7, Gifted and Talented, and was an Instructional Coach.
Kelly lives to teach and can say her crowning achievement has been the joy of connecting with over 1,200 students during her career. She still substitute teaches every week in the district she retired from. She loves connecting with and helping students to uncover, discover, and develop their creative abilities to write. It isn’t unusual to find her seated on the floor of any learning space, in a huddle with six or more students, brainstorming and passionately supporting them while they craft their writing. Her experiences in the classroom and her “magic” to connect with every student she has taught, is a gift she treasures.
Kelly is the author of two books written for teachers: FlexEd: The Key To A Thriving Classroom, published in February 2022 and Flex Further: The Field Guide To A Thriving Classroom, published in February 2023. Both are available on Amazon. She is currently working on her third book, also for educators. Her teaching experiences have helped her as she is an educational consultant, supporting teachers thus far in Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, Florida, and California.
Kelly has shared and presented her passion for writing and the writing process to classrooms of students in grades 2-5. Her hands-on presentations capture every student ‘s attention along with her excitement. Students walk away refueled and ready to develop “that writing piece” they suddenly realize they can write. It isn’t unusual for students to email their manuscripts to her after she leaves, asking for further advise and support, which she gladly gives.
When Kelly isn’t teaching or writing, she spends time with her family in the Rocky Mountains, watercolor painting, taking walks, or riding her bike.
