If you are a reader of our blog, then chances are you already understand the importance of practicing writing yourself to become a stronger writing teacher. When you practice writing regularly, you:
- Develop empathy for the challenges your students face daily in your writing workshop.
- Practice strategies that you can then share with writers when they encounter the same challenges as you.
- Live differently: you walk through life noticing things you might have overlooked, everything becomes a possible story or poem idea.
- Become part of a larger community–of teachers who write…and writers who teach.
What’s on your summer writing bucket list? You don’t need to have a novel hiding in your desk drawer to call yourself a writer. All the small things add up. If you don’t have a list going already, here’s a little inspiration for Summer 2016:
What’s on your writing bucket list? Please share in the comments below!
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To get more blogging done! I finally wrote a post today and have not hardly blogged since the March SOL Challenge. https://islandsofmysoul.com/2016/06/17/stuck-between-being-and-doing/
Yay ME!
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Started Blogging this month. My Summer Bucket list is to continue and to stay consistent!
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You have many great suggestions there. Thanks for sharing.
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This is a great inspiration! Today is day 1 of summer and I’m getting my butt in the chair.
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Love to see that this post included a Piktochart presentation (is that what it’s called??). I plan to have my students experiment with making infographics next year as a new “genre” to explore. I haven’t delved into Piktochart yet, so it was great to see what’s possible with this app!
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Yay! Love all of these ideas. Gonna go make my bucket list! And happy birthday, Beth! ❤
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Oh, Byrd Baylor, one of my favorites! I have done a ‘summer celebrations’ and then related it to numbers to that I can start the year with a fun activity with my kids. I am sure you have seen this before: Match the numbers to what they represent…1 – the times I road a tandem bike, 42 – the number of mosquito bites I got in one day, 5 – the number of rainbows I saw, etc.
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After reading Byrd Baylor’s I’m in Charge of Celebrations to my second graders, I’m inspired to keep a “summer celebrations” notebook!
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I want to start a blog and haven’t done it yet!
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