Overview of the 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge
This March, we’ll host the 14th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. We hope you’ll join us! #SOL21 #TWTBlog
Personal Writing Calendars for Each Student
With a personal writing calendar, each kid can see what is going to happen in the unit of study, and has the power to adjust it.
Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: How to Help A Child With Writer’s Block At Home
A child who is experiencing writers block at home might appear to be refusing to write. It might seem like they are simply choosing not to do the work, or that they are being stubborn. But as an educator, I know that there is more to it than meets the eye.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Say YES to the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge! #TWTBlog #SOL20
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOLSC bloggers.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge! #TWTBlog
Fostering Independence In a Hybrid or In-Person Model: Meet Writers Where They Are
Luckily a workshop model has always revolved around teaching for independence. The ultimate goal has always been for students to be able to do the work without you.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge – every week! #vote #twtblog
Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: How To Use A Mentor Text At Home
In the midst of pandemic-teaching, I know it can be hard to find the time to create resources, not only for your students, but for the adults in their lives as well. My hope is that this post and others can help you with that.
Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: Spelling and Handwriting
Here are a few tips for supporting spelling you might share or adapt for families.
Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: Increase Writing Volume and Stamina at Home
Teaching my own kids is humbling to say the least. At home, I am not the special visiting teacher. I’m not even the teacher. At home, I’m mom, and it is the understatement of the century to say that it is a challenge to teach my own kids.
At-Home Learning Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: Choices for Writing
Now’s our time to shine workshop teachers! Hasn’t independence and transfer always been the goal of workshop teaching? Haven’t we always strived to teach in a way that allows students to carry on without us? Here are some resources to collaborate with families and caregivers to make this year successful.
A Very Kindergarten Appropriate Assessment: Writing and Drawing Observations
Instead of an on-demand writing assessment early on in kindergarten this year, I drafted a Writing and Drawing Observation. This is an informal observation of children drawing and writing during their writing workshop time. Observing young children and keeping anecdotal records of their behaviors is a time-tested tradition in early childhood education.
Seen, Valued, Heard: The Riskiness and Power of Teaching Personal Narrative Writing at the Start of the Year
How do you build a community of writers at the start of the year who can trust each other with their stories? And how can you do that in a hybrid or distance learning model?
End-of-the-Year Distance Learning Writing Celebrations
It can be done.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
We hope you’ll join us this Tuesday for the Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us each Tuesday for the Slice of Life Story Challenge! It’s never too late to start!
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us every Tuesday for the Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Are You Taking Care of Yourself?
Taking care of yourself is a lot of work. Our school nurse shared a tool with us today that I hope you’ll find helpful.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us every Tuesday for the Slice of Life Story Challenge!
