I'm smiling at the phrase Vintage Ayres. It's a little bit of a smirk because, really, am I old enough to qualify as vintage? Maybe not. But definitely so in blog years. I began blogging in March 2006. My first blog was called Inspiring Readers and Writers and it has since been moved to private… Continue reading Vintage Ayres {2007}: The Heart of It All
Month: October 2012
Rest.
Rest. Why does this seem like a dirty four letter word? I've been doing a lot of thinking about rest. We were on fall break last week. You might think I took rest to the extreme considering I checked-out and didn't even blog on Friday. Unfortunately this isn't the truth. I crammed in as much… Continue reading Rest.
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Slicing Early: Thanks to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy is looming. Excessive rain, high floods, and massive flooding are very real threats for over 60 million people who live in the Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Therefore, I've decided to host our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge early this week. While I could simply set a SOLSC post to automatically go… Continue reading Slicing Early: Thanks to Hurricane Sandy
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Crafting a Tribute Poem
Did you read Katherine Sokolowski's Slice of Life post this past Tuesday? She crafted a poem that was a tribute to a dear family-friend, Vel, who passed away. Crafting the poem was a way for Katherine to practice what she preached, by writing beside her students during independent writing time. The poem she wrote was… Continue reading Crafting a Tribute Poem
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Words that are Speaking to Me
Back on the rez, I was a decent player, I guess. A rebounder and a guy who could run up and down the floor without tripping. But something magical happened to me when I went to Reardan. Overnight, I became a good player. I suppose it had something to do with confidence. I mean, I'd… Continue reading Words that are Speaking to Me
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What kinds of online technology are you using in writing workshop?
I was searching for something in our blog's archives when I came across a video Ruth and I made about Bubbl.us, an online brainstorming tool, nearly four years ago. (Click here to watch that video. It's one of the first ones we placed on TWT. We also created our first digital story on Movie Maker,… Continue reading What kinds of online technology are you using in writing workshop?
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It’s time to share your slices.
Please link the Slice of Life Story you write today to this post by leaving a comment. Be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment section of this post. Come back later today (or even tomorrow) to read through the links of a few other Slicers who… Continue reading It’s time to share your slices.
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Christy Is…
Last week I had the privileged of observing Christy Rush-Levine with her eighth grade language arts classes. Deb Gaby, the reading coach in my district, along with two middle school teachers went with me to check out Christy's approach to remediation. At the heart of her work is reading and writing workshop. I began a list a… Continue reading Christy Is…
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The Essential Role of Writing in Contemporary K-12 Classrooms
We're delighted to be speaking at the Penn State York Summer Institute, which will take place in York, PA in June. We'll be delivering a keynote speech, "Teachers as Writers: Two Perspectives of How Writing Can Change Your Instruction," together on the morning of June 27th. Throughout that day, we'll be leading separate breakout sessions. Ruth's… Continue reading The Essential Role of Writing in Contemporary K-12 Classrooms
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Celebrate the National Day on Writing! #WhatIWrite
I write... a lot. I blog every day on a private, family-only blog I created for my daughter when she was born. I blog about the teaching of writing here and about early childhood literacy over at Raising a Literate Human. I Tweet and use Facebook. I make lists. I craft letters and jot notes… Continue reading Celebrate the National Day on Writing! #WhatIWrite
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Informational Writing that Dazzles + a Giveaway
A couple months back I promised to be more intentional about finding nonfiction picture books to recommend as mentor texts for writing workshop. I've been looking at a lot of informational texts in that time and found a few books by the same author and illustrator team that have dazzled me. A Rock Is Lively,… Continue reading Informational Writing that Dazzles + a Giveaway
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Nudging Joy: A Student Group
I've been thinking a lot lately about the things I know because I write. I've been keeping a little list of these ideas as a crude plan for an article about the topic. When Christy Rush-Levine invited me to lead a study group at her school, she suggested the topic of being a teacher who… Continue reading Nudging Joy: A Student Group
