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Month: October 2007
ruth’s wn entry: people.
Awhile back I made a list with a class called THINGS WE JUST WALK BY (or something to that effect). One student listed people. Although my list was titled INSIGNIFICANT STUFF, I went ahead and added people to my list too. I found this interesting and now what to explore it a bit more. People. Unfortunately… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: people.
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Stacey’s WN Entry: Making Lists and Growing Thinking
I just recorded an entry in my writer's notebook about some amusing things I've observed in my classroom in the past week. Then, I grew some thinking about each of the three ideas. I noticed that Ruth scanned-in her entries from her notebook last week. Hence, I'm copying her and doing the exact same thing.
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Reminder about Writer’s Notebook Wednesday
Check back here tomorrow and read through the pages of our notebooks and the notebooks of our blog readers. Mr. Linky is working so be sure to link us to your post OR just post your entry as a comment. 🙂
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Launch
DonorsChoose officially launched in Rhode Island today. (Note: DonorsChoose went national on Labor Day.) Very exciting!!! Just wanted to post that up here since the Rhode Island Foundation, as per this article in the ProJo, has given $30,000 to D.C. to get things up and running here in Rhode Island. For more info on DonorsChoose… Continue reading Launch
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lingering in drafts.
In our hurry-up-and-get-it-done-society, sometimes it's tough to get our students to slow down and realize their unique writing processes. Sometimes it's tough for us, as their teachers, to slow things down and give them time to truly live as writers. However, after notebooks have been launched, our writing prompt genre studies completed, and the (Indiana) state… Continue reading lingering in drafts.
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Cybils Nominations Began Today!
Be sure to nominate your favorite new picture book for a Cybil. To nominate new books from other genres, click on this link. Quoting Jen Robinson's Post: "Nominations close November 21st. You can nominate one title per person in each of eight categories (click here to find the nomination posts). If you are nominating titles,… Continue reading Cybils Nominations Began Today!
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Working Lunch: Checking Writer’s Notebooks
It's October and that means that it's time for me to start checking my students' writer's notebooks once/week. Today was the first day of it. (I'm using the rubric I used last year, which is loosely based off of the work of Aimee Buckner.) 1 of the 4 students was absent (who was supposed to… Continue reading Working Lunch: Checking Writer’s Notebooks
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Pacing
I received an e-mail from another blogger who teaches middle school who asked about the pacing of the teaching points and units of study. Specifically, she wanted to know, "What if they don't finish in that time period? Do they finish it at home for homework?" I wrote her back, but figured this might be… Continue reading Pacing
