This year, we are trying out some different ideas for prizes, and we are excited to share what will be happening in March with the community!
Year: 2020
How To Name An Explicit Teaching Point for Writers
A clear teaching point helps students understand the work, and makes your conference more memorable. A concisely stated teaching point is also is a tool for keeping your conference focused and effective.
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Participant Information Form #SOL20
Attention first-year and returning Slicers: Please fill out this year’s participant information form. Filling out the form takes less than five minutes and helps us stay organized during the Challenge.
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SOL Tuesday + Slicer Swag #SOL20
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.
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ICYMI: Expand the Possibilities of the Genres You Teach
What lies beyond the genres you teach? Here is a round-up of our posts from our February Blog Series designed to help you explore and expand all the possibilities!
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The Importance of Knowing the Standards: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach
In expanding the possibilities of our different writing units, let us not forget the important guide points the Common Core State Standards - or whatever your local iteration of those standards are - provide us.
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How-To Writing for All Ages: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach
I was surprised to discover that some kids see How-To's as something that is only for kindergarteners. I wonder how many teachers might also think of How-To's as something that is too easy for older writers.
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Opinion Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach
When planning any genre study, we can ponder: How can the experience children have with this genre become more like the experience they can have with it in the world? In doing so, we can draw from our own experience with writing. We can study the craft of other writers. We can peruse bookshelves. We… Continue reading Opinion Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach
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Using Technology in Informational Writing: Expand the Possibilities Blog Series
There are times students need tools to grow, but then there are times when tools can create possibilities beyond expectations and inspire writers in new and creative ways. When I think about how technology shifted the writing in my classroom years ago, I think of Roman the most. Roman was a striving writer who used… Continue reading Using Technology in Informational Writing: Expand the Possibilities Blog Series
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Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay: Expand the Possibilities of the Genres You Teach
Are students constrained when they write five-paragraph essays? If we change our working definition of essay writing, then we can teach beyond the five-paragraph essays we often see in schools.
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Poetry Pathways: Expanding The Possibilities of Genres You Teach
Instead of being delegated to April only, poetry can be a pathway. We can make the deliberate choice to lead our students down this road on our way to learning and sharing new information, telling a story, discovering a person from history, persuading others, playing with language, responding to reading, opportunities for collaboration, and alternatives to morning work. Poetry should be woven into the fabric of your curriculum and, can be the new road you travel down to reach many goals and objectives. Please include your favorite poetry titles in the Padlet linked in the post!
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SOL Tuesday #SOL20
We're less than one month away from our month-long writing challenge! Get warmed up for our "March Marathon" by writing every Tuesday this month!
