When you have a chance, take a walk through the hallways of your own school. Try to see with fresh eyes. Pretend you are a visitor. Ask yourself: What kind of writing is… Continue reading
Be a teacher who writes! Join us for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge today! #TWTBlog
Be a teacher who writes! Join us for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge today! #TWTBlog
Three things you maybe never thought of trying – add them to your writing workshop bucket list for the school year!
Be a teacher who writes! Join us for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge today! #TWTBlog
I didn’t have a video camera or a tripod. I didn’t have any microphones. I didn’t have another adult in the room to hold the camera. I didn’t have time or resources to get any of these things pulled together. How was this going to work?
Here are three different ways you might introduce individual editing checklists to your students.
Research on effective sports coaching suggests adults would do well by kids to cut down on criticism and focus more on the joy simply playing.
Are you ready to share the link to your slice of life story and leave supportive comments for other Slicers?
Welcome to DAY 20, Slicers! You’ve got this! #TWTBlog
Day 19 is here, slicers! Woo hoo!
Are you ready to share the link to your slice of life story and leave supportive comments for other Slicers?
You made it to Day 17! Give yourself a pat on the back! Keep going!
Are you writing stories, or band-aids? Read on to find out.
The internet has proved itself useful and has given us the Comic Sans trick. Read on to learn how the font we love to hate can help you cure writer’s block.
Three ways YOU can be a kinder, more generous, better person to work with.
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways that each of us use language each day that intentionally or unintentionally limits some of our students capacity to learn from us. Here are just a few.
This March, we’ll host the 12th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge.
The cornerstone of writing workshop is that students get to choose their own topics rather than be assigned a topic by the teacher.
If you can’t sketch quickly or jot words quickly, or the lines in on the paper feel too small, or you find it difficult to organize your ideas on a blank page, then perhaps there might be other tools that are a better fit for you.
