Slice of Life Story Challenge

SOL Tuesday #sol19

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.

giveaway · Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC

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.

coaching · conferring

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!

christopher lehman · homework · Mary Ehrenworth · middle school · scheduling · time for kids

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?

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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.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

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.

Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens Blog Series · writing workshop

ICYMI: Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens

We hope you enjoyed our February Blog Series!

Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens 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!

creativity · digital tools · digital writing · Self-expression · social justice · voice

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.

empathy · Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens Blog Series · voice

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