Before you leave the link to your slice of life story today, please take a moment to read the announcements and enjoy a quote about writing.
Month: February 2019
SOLSC 2019 Prize Reveal
And so -- TA-DA -- here is the list of prizes for the 12th Annual SOLSC, all donated by generous publishers and individuals.
Be a Writing Coach.
Would you like to help your striving writers so they can be more independent? Try a coaching conference to move them forward!
Time to Write
Donald Murray, author of the seminal text A Writer Teaches Writing (Houghton Mifflin, 1985), teaches us that one of the most important things to a writer is time, time to write. But with the many time constraints faced by teachers, how can we be thinking about time in ways that make a difference for our students?
Eyes Wide Open
I want to see others first and I want to see everyone for who they are and how they want to be seen.
SOL Tuesday
Before you leave the link to your slice of life story today, PLEASE read the announcement about the Participant Information Form at the top of today's announcements.
ICYMI: Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens
We hope you enjoyed our February Blog Series!
A School Can Be The Change: Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens
Pictures tell the story of a NYC public school that integrates social comprehension with literacy. At P.S. 59, identity, student voice, and activism are a part of school culture, and I'm honored to share it!
Respecting Student Creativity: Teaching Writing With A Social Justice Lens
Whether students choose to express themselves in the form of writing prose, poetry or creating a video, the choice belongs to the writer.
Honoring Student Voice: Teaching Writing With a Social Justice Lens
“Did he read it yet?” Anxiously, I stared into my mother’s eyes as she stepped inside the house, closing the front door behind her. After a day of teaching elementary school, my mom dropped her bag of schoolwork just inside the front door and began fishing about inside its contents. A few days prior, I… Continue reading Honoring Student Voice: Teaching Writing With a Social Justice Lens

