Using Artifacts and Photos to Inspire Writing: Discovering the Writer’s Life

Saturday February 6, 2016Friday February 5, 2016 Betsy Hubbard7 Comments

Using artifacts and photos from our life allows us to reconnect with stories and breathes in new life to our writer's notebooks.

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So, Why Do I Write? Discovering the Writer’s Life

Friday February 5, 2016Saturday February 6, 2016 Deb Frazier10 Comments

When the co-authors of Two Writing Teachers invited me to join the team, I was overwhelmed. When Julie Johnson asked me to co-author an iBook through the Columbus Area Writing Project, I was again submerged in fear. I found myself wondering if these writers had read my writing. I mean, if they had read my ramblings on my personal blog they wouldn't be inviting me, right? Do writers ever lose their doubts?

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STORIES FROM OUR WORLD: DISCOVERING THE WRITER’S LIFE

Thursday February 4, 2016Wednesday February 3, 2016 Tara Smith16 Comments

We spend so much of our writing workshop time focused on craft moves, and how to make our writing engaging and beautiful; but I want my kids to know that the writer’s life is also about paying attention to the world...

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Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life

Wednesday February 3, 2016Thursday January 28, 2016 Stacey Shubitz8 Comments

One of my favorite things about being a classroom teacher was taking educational field trips with my students. One year, I took my fifth grades on 20-25 field trips around the five boroughs of New York City. We walked, rode buses, and took the Subway to museums, zoos, parks, and botanical gardens. I loved supplementing… Continue reading Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life

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Breathing Life Back into Notebooks: Discovering the Writer’s Life

Tuesday February 2, 2016Saturday January 30, 2016 Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski8 Comments

In the middle of the school year, how can we breathe new life and energy into writer's notebooks?

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SOL Tuesday & Four Weeks Until the March Challenge Begins

Tuesday February 2, 2016Sunday January 24, 2016 Stacey Shubitz84 Comments

In February, there are always new people testing the Slicing waters as March draws nearer. They’re trying to determine whether or not they feel comfortable writing publicly. If you see someone who leaves a comment that says something like, “This is my first slice,” today or Tuesday, please head over to their blog to leave them a comment sicne it's both exciting and intimidating to put your words out in the world.