I've found a common thread amongst those who've commented on Ruth's Post entitled "Key Beliefs." Nearly everyone has said that teachers of writing must be writers themselves. If that's the case, then it's time to submit that manuscript you've been keeping locked away for fear of it getting rejected. (BTW: I've had a children's book… Continue reading So you say that teachers of writing must be writers themselves, eh?
Month: October 2007
key beliefs?
I'm a part of our district's literacy task force. At our last meeting we were assigned the task of writing a mission statement for the teaching of writing & reading within our district. So what are some of your KEY BELIEFS when it comes to teaching writing & reading? I'll share my list later --… Continue reading key beliefs?
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big week.
Tomorrow starts a four day workshop that I'm leading. It's a basic introduction to writing workshop with practical tips on how to get started. It's filled pastthe brim with 31 teachers and has a 12 person waiting list. (And this happened within a week of the workshop being posted.) Woah! So, needless to say, I… Continue reading big week.
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I’ve started collecting…
Pages 3 and 4 of my collecting entry on Miketz Originally uploaded by teachergal ...and this is some of what I have. I'm trying to take on this task methodically, by going through each step of the writing process just like I teach my students to do. However, this is hard when you're interpreting a… Continue reading I’ve started collecting…
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Letter Writing: On-Demand
I created an on-demand assessment sheet for the friendly letter writing unit of study I'm doing right now with my kids. They're going to have 40 minutes to quickly publish a friendly letter to an out-of-town family member. I know they'll be able to do this without a problem. That being said, I'm still going… Continue reading Letter Writing: On-Demand
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A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!
Every week my synagogue attaches a D'var Torah, which is an interpretation of the week's Torah portion, to the weekly newsletter. I decided to volunteer to write a D'var Torah on the occasion of our upcoming Auf Ruf. [Auf-ruf is a Yiddish term, taken from German, which means "to be called up." An Auf Ruf… Continue reading A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!
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Sketching the exterior of your school
My students finished the NECAP Reading Test today. The sun also came out too. (I was on the verge of building an arc since there had been a lot of gray skies this past week.) Therefore, I took my students outside of the building with oil pastels and soft pastels to sketch the community, which… Continue reading Sketching the exterior of your school
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Poetry Friday Round Up
So here it goes -- The Brave who share their own words (or their students') Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader John Mutford at The Book Mine Set inspired by bpNichol. MsMac at Check It Out: Books & Life in a School Library shares her students' version of "Where Poetry Hides," inspired by Georgia Heard's… Continue reading Poetry Friday Round Up
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WELCOME! Poetry Friday Is Here This Week!!!!
Welcome to our blog! This is the first time we've ever hosted Poetry Friday here at Two Writing Teachers. We're thrilled to have you join us for Poetry Friday. Please link your submissions with Mr. Linky. Ruth will do the round-up this evening. We hope you'll check back here tonight to see what everyone's posted.… Continue reading WELCOME! Poetry Friday Is Here This Week!!!!
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DonorsChoose Challenge
I started a BLOGGER CHALLENGE over at DonorsChoose.org yesterday in order to get some funding for writing into other teachers' classrooms. Would you believe that someone already donated $100 towards one of the teacher's proposals!??!? AWESOME! Please consider funding one of these proposals that OTHER teachers (not us) in have submitted on DonorsChoose. Your donation… Continue reading DonorsChoose Challenge
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becoming better.
Today in a workshop, Carl Anderson emphasized the point of being intentional about approaching our conferring from the point of strength of the student. Basically, we learn what they are doing and help them do it better. However, too often we find what they are not doing and then try to get them to do those… Continue reading becoming better.
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Feedback Request
Checklist and Rubric Originally uploaded by teachergal I met with my grade-level colleagues today who, as always, push my thinking. Kate suggested creating a more kid-friendly rubric for the students to use on their first graded assignment of the school year. Hence, we worked together to create this assessment rubric and checklist of sorts. It's… Continue reading Feedback Request
