In our family, bringing along a small notebook or a journal when we travel has become a tradition. Maybe you'll make it part of your summer plans as well.
Year: 2015
Art Journaling – A Summer Holiday Writing Idea
Are you worried about how much learning loss in writing will greet you after the summer break? Has your idea bank of ideas to gone dry?
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Summer Writing Goals
This year, they were going to be the first group of 5th graders to break the summer curse.
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The Importance of the Notebook
My hope is that my students leave knowing more about themselves as writers and as people...that they have used the pages of their notebook to find answers to questions. Have you written in your notebook today?
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Diving Into Kidblogs
As the year winds down, I am reflecting on our classroom blogging experience and what I've learned.
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What Gifted Writers Need
These young students come to me ready to write. They just need permission.
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Third Grade Writing Units of Study – A First Look
Our guest blogger takes a look at the 3rd grade Units Of Study
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Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
"Allow beauty to shatter you regularly. The loveliest people are the ones who have been burnt and broken and torn at the seams yet still send their open hearts into the world to mend with love again, and again, and again. You must allow yourself to feel your life while you’re in it." -Victoria Frederickson
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Blogging Adventures
What challenges do your student bloggers face? How are you supporting their growth as blog writers?
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Setting the Stage for Summer: Write from the Start!
So I stepped back and let the writers get to work. The chatter was about organizing notebooks, planning where they like to write and sharing writing over the summer.
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The end of the year writing survey: looking back to plan ahead
Next week, as we wrap up our writing workshop year and prepare for our final writing celebration, I will have one last task for my kids: the end of the year survey...
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Give yourself a pat on the back!
Take some time to celebrate what your students have accomplished, thanks to your teaching, in writing workshop. Name something -- big or small -- you're proud of from this school year.
