When I came back for a visit the other day, Christina had a bunch of things I had inadvertently left behind in the classroom waiting for me. One of those items was this poster: I think I made this poster in 2004 or 2005 and never used it. Seeing as it was raining I chose… Continue reading Look what I found
Month: October 2007
Publishing Small Moment Stories in Kindergarten
I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours at P.S. 171, my old school, yesterday when I was in NYC taking care of some wedding planning. During the time I was there, I attended the Kindergarteners first publishing party in Tiffany Colon (one of my former student teachers) and Kim Ciccone's Class. I… Continue reading Publishing Small Moment Stories in Kindergarten
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A poem about writing on this rainy Poetry Friday
All She Wrote by Harryette Mullen Forgive me, I’m no good at this. I can’t write back. I never read your letter. I can’t say I got your note. I haven’t had the strength to open the envelope. The mail stacks up by the door. Your hand’s illegible. Your postcards were defaced. Wash your wet… Continue reading A poem about writing on this rainy Poetry Friday
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as promised —
The beginning writing workshop training ended today. I promised to compose a post with some of the places in cyberworld that I referenced. Here it goes -- Stacey's post about the TCRWP K-8 Continuum for Assessing Writing is here. DonorsChoose information is here. Stacey shares tips for getting your proposals funded. Karla Hayden's website is… Continue reading as promised —
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Pressure Cooker Day
Picture it: Two Writing Workshops in one day. Editing and publishing. My students finished their friendly letters in Writing Workshop today. I'm hand-delivering them to their pen pals tomorrow, so I wanted to be sure that everyone was finished today. There were many broken pencils, redone envelopes, and some white-out spills, we all survived. [Though… Continue reading Pressure Cooker Day
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It’s that time again! Today is WNW!
Please use Mr. Linky to link us to your writer's notebook entry or just leave a comment with your entry pasted in to the comment box. We look forward to reading all of the wonderful things you're writing about. Need inspiration before you get started? If so, here's a link to my WN entry and… Continue reading It’s that time again! Today is WNW!
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ruth’s wn entry: grandma poems
So, I've been trying to write a poem for my grandma to mail to her along with this photo. Over a year ago she had a stroke & although it's difficult for her to communicate, I know she likes the mail. I want my poem to show the qualities of my grandma that my dad says he sees in me. … Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: grandma poems
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Writing Shares
One of my goals as a Writing Teacher this year was to have my students share notebook entries every Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately, it's not catching on as well as I would have liked. Share sign-ups in my classroom (during Morning Meeting) go as follows: Monday: Weekend Update Tuesday: Writer's Notebook Entries Wednesday: Writer's Notebook… Continue reading Writing Shares
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quote for today.
I copied this quote on an opening page of a writer's notebook I started my first year of teaching. I was reminded of it today at the end of the long day -- It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer… Continue reading quote for today.
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WN Entry: A gift that really sticks in my memory
My grandmother passed away nearly seven months ago. In the days prior to her death she was lucid. I tried asking her lots of questions about her life, but she was in pain and didn't really feel like answering me. I even asked her, "Tell me something you've never told me before." She came up… Continue reading WN Entry: A gift that really sticks in my memory
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more on key beliefs + a big thanks!
Wow! Thanks to those who have shared so far on their Key Beliefs when it comes to language arts. If you've not viewed the comments -- do so now! Just click HERE. So back in January, I wrote a professional manifesto. (I posted it below.) Click here to see a recent reflection on it. Upon reviewing… Continue reading more on key beliefs + a big thanks!
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Updated Rubric and Checklist for Personal Narratives
Even though the folks who commented on it said it was okay the way it was, I wasn't happy with the rubric/checklist I created for my students to use for the personal narrative unit of study we have coming up. Therefore, I spent about 90 minutes tinkering with it tonight and came up with this.… Continue reading Updated Rubric and Checklist for Personal Narratives
