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The Writers’ Exchange

The Writers' Exchange makes writing fun for kids while building their confidence. Want to know how they're doing it? Read this Q&A with the organization's co-founders.

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More Talk

What is the role of talk in your writing workshop? Do you talk about your ideas before writing?

assessment · writer's notebook · writing folder · writing process

An End of the Year Writing Check

At the end of the school year, we are often faced with pages and pages of student writing. Most of it may have gone home already, but now is a great time to study the work that remains as lovely, informal assessment of our teaching. Following are a few suggestions for lenses we can use to… Continue reading An End of the Year Writing Check

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Time to Write, Share & Give

Share your Slice of Life Story today.

common core · goals · plan · publishing · units of study · writing workshop

Get Out Your Calendars! It’s June Planning Time!

If we do nothing else, we do this one thing…Read this post to find out what it is!

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Have You Used Prezi?

I had heard of Prezi. I thought about Prezi. I used Powerpoint anyway. I am preparing a presentation for July and had it practically done in Powerpoint. I was happy with the muted colors and pretty watermark flower that adorned each slide. The slides were full of words and photos…a lot of words though. I… Continue reading Have You Used Prezi?