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LEGO® Education Looks to Inspire Writing Skills in Elementary Classrooms
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LEGO® Education Looks to Inspire Writing Skills in Elementary Classrooms

Company Launches Storytelling Essay Contest in Celebration of National Literacy Month

PITTSBURG, Kan., Sep 09, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) - NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:

• LEGO® Education StoryStarter is a language arts product for grades 2 through 5 that teaches students the basic mechanics of a well-composed story.

• The “It’s Your Adventure, Where Will You Go?” storytelling essay contest will ask classrooms to submit 100- to 200- word creative stories using the LEGO Education StoryStarter product.

• Submissions are due by October 21, 2013 at 5 p.m. CST and one grand prize winner will receive a model build of their school mascot.

In celebration of National Literacy Month, today LEGO Education announced its storytelling essay contest for grades 2 through 5, “It’s Your Adventure, Where Will You Go?”

• The contest will encourage teachers to leverage the LEGO Education StoryStarter solution to have students creatively construct and write a story’s beginning, middle and ending.

• Students will respond to an essay prompt with a 100- to 200-word creative story. Teachers will work with students to build the story with StoryStarter LEGO bricks, upload photos of those builds into the StoryStarter Visualizer software, and then write their story for submission.

• Public, private and home education classrooms are encouraged to participate, submissions are due Oct. 21, 2013 by 5 p.m. CST. Winners will be announced on Nov. 4, 2013.

• The grand prize winner will receive a model build of their school mascot, and two runners up will receive a $1,000 gift card.

To join the contest, classroom teachers and home educators must complete the online registration form with contact and classroom information. In order to be eligible to win, all submissions must be the original work of the entrant, the LEGO Education StoryStarter product must be visible in your entry, student or classroom involvement must be represented, and each entry must include one teacher or administrative facilitator. Final submissions should be sent in PDF format to storystartercontest@legoeducation.us.

Our panel of judges includes Melissa Taylor, a teacher, esteemed writer, blogger and published author on literacy and education issues; Marisa Kaplan, a teacher, writer, and education consultant in New York City and Stephan Turnipseed, President, LEGO Education North America.

For all LEGO Education news, please visit the newsroom.

About LEGO Education

Since 1980, LEGO Education (LEGOeducation.us) has delivered hands-on, curriculum-based resources for teachers and students worldwide. LEGO Education believes a hands-on, minds-on approach helps students actively take ownership of the learning process and develop 21st-century skills such as creative thinking and problem solving through real-life, engaging experiences.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, are trademarks of the LEGO Group. (C)2013 The LEGO Group.

SOURCE: LEGO Education

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