June/July Vacation

Summer will arrive next Friday! Even though a teacher’s work is never done, the unstructured summer months are a welcome gift for educators. From all of us at Two Writing Teachers, we hope you have ample opportunities to enjoy some downtime in the months to come!

If you are like us, it’s hard to cut yourself off from professional learning in the summer months. Even though there won’t be any new posts from now until Thursday, August 1st when Lanny welcomes us back, there is plenty to read from our archives as well as so much to look forward to as we start a new school year!

Our Next Blog Series

Melanie will kick off our next blog series entitled, Nurturing Independence from the Start, on August 4th. We have a week of posts planned that will help you build independence in your students during the first month of the school year.

Check Out Our Past Blog Series Posts

As you start to prepare for next year you might find inspiration hiding within our past blog series posts! These are a treasure trove of ideas, visuals, and tools to get you on the right path toward a great start as you begin planning your year. Here are some of our past August blog series round-ups (each of which include hyperlinks to topical posts):

August 2014: Sharpen Your Workshop Routines
August 2015: Creating Classroom Environments to Launch the School Year
August 2016: Starting with What Matters Most
August 2017: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
August 2018: Dreaming Big for This Year’s Writing Workshop

Tuesday SOL

Check in on Tuesdays as Kelsey hosts our weekly call for Slice of Life Stories through the month of July. If you have been thinking about joining, summer is a great time to share your first Slice of Life Story. Simply write your story on your personal blog, share the URL on Tuesday in our comment section, and leave at least three comments for other bloggers.