I’m thinking about writing challenges the way runners think about races: you don’t just show up; you train. In this post, I’m treating January as a practice season for March, focusing on consistency over perfection. One sentence a day. Low stakes. Building trust in my writing muscles. If you’re feeling the nudge to write too, come train alongside me.
Tuesday Slice of Life
Your final slice of #SOL25!
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Tuesday Slice of Life
It's Tuesday! Come slice with us today.
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Proactive Pathways for Engagement
At my NCTE presentation, I shared strategies for boosting writing engagement, using the ICEL Framework as a guide. Some key recommendations include increasing involuntary student participation, being flexible with curriculum demands, fostering a supportive writing community, and getting to know students as writers and people.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Welcome to Tuesday's Slice of Life!
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Writing: The Gift We Can Give Ourselves
As we crawl toward winter break, it’s worth remembering that writing isn’t just something we teach; it’s something that can refill us. This post explores simple, meaningful ways to reconnect with your own writing life.
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Where’s The Evidence: What to do When Writers Don’t Know
How can we prepare for the complexity of writing instruction and the roadblocks for students? We can create question sequences that help us prepare for the side-by-side conversations as writers develop and create.
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Why Transfer Doesn’t Happen on it’s Own–and How to Teach for It
For years, I wondered why students weren’t applying word study, reading, or writing strategies across the day—until a mentor asked me a simple question and everything clicked. Here's how you can bring that clarity to your classroom, too.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Join us today for a Tuesday slice! #SOL25
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Finding Home and Building Voice: How Picture Books on Moving and Belonging Inspire Young Writers
Discover how picture books about moving, belonging, and new beginnings can help students find their voice as writers and build empathy in the classroom.
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Adding Workshop Elements to Non-Workshop Curriculum
If you teach with curriculum that isn’t workshop based, but know that those missing workshop elements would increase your students’ writing development, then it’s time to “workshopify” the curriculum!
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Three Shifts Toward Becoming a Present Writing Teacher
Writing Workshop helped me rediscover my love for writing and the importance of being a teacher who writes. This post explores the barriers that hold us back and the small shifts that help us show up as present writers. If you’ve ever said “Yes, but…,” this is for you.
