Rasha Hamid and Kelsey Sorum present three videos to guide families with writing anywhere, anytime, with anything they have.
Year: 2020
SOL Tuesday
Today is Tuesday! Time for the Slice of Life Community to come together. Come write, share, give...
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Building a New Community
How are you finding ways to connect and bring a community of learners together?
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Classroom SOLSC: The Stories Continue – Week 4
Students have inspired us with the craft of story, building themselves into stronger writers each day. What a beautiful way to have students feel so close when they are so far from us.
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All Aboard! Virtual Field Trips and Writing Experiences
In these days where we are home so much, take your class on a virtual field trip or two and allow them choices of what they will write about! This post includes 6 trips all ready to go with writing menus for each trip. Many thanks to Clare Landrigan and Pernille Ripp who both inspired what I am sharing here with you today.
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Passion Projects During COVID-19
During the Teachers College Virtual Teaching Institute a few weeks ago, staff developer Natalie Friday introduced an idea for learning during the current global pandemic: Passion Projects. With schools now closed, several of them for the remainder of the academic year, some students (and teachers!) may feel like they are actually living the movie, "Groundhog Day." So with this gift of time (if we can see our way to interpreting it that way), why not encourage students to pursue a passion they have or would like to grow?
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Engage Striving Writers by Keeping a Notebook During the COVID-19 School Closures
Brevity, choice, and routine matter when you’re trying to encourage a reluctant writer to put words on the page when you’re engaging in remote schooling.
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SOL Tuesday
Today is Tuesday! Time for the Slice of Life Community to come together. Come write, share, give...
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Reaching EALS During COVID-19
Meeting the needs of our students may sometimes require much more than paper or pencils, but it is not always as hard as we might think.
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Classroom SOLSC: Writing Into Week 3
At the start of April, students around the world began the journey of storytelling, connecting them to each other, teachers, and families in important and meaningful ways. Students are writing during this historic month of April, as we all live history through a global pandemic.
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Writing With My Kindergartener At Home
Like many of you, I am learning how to teach my own two kids at home. I'm a little hesitant to say "homeschool" because what I'm doing isn't really the same as true homeschooling. If I were really homeschooling, there would many important differences from what I am doing right now. First of all, true… Continue reading Writing With My Kindergartener At Home
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Tips on Video Lessons
By now, you've probably made a video lesson, or at least you've woken up feeling stressed about the prospects of doing it. You can do it. Here are a few tips.
