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Tuesday SOL!

What's new in your November? Share a story, read a story, and join a community.

goals · independence · Reaching Your Writers Blog Series · strategies · strategy charts · writing workshop

Entry Points to Build Independence: Reaching Your Writers

Where are the places your writers find themselves stuck? Identifying our writers' sticky spots can help us determine entry points for writers to pull themselves out of being stuck and instead strive!

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Write. Share. Give.

It's a great day for a slice of life story!

Reaching Your Writers Blog Series · writing workshop

Reaching Your Writers Blog Series

All week here at Two Writing Teachers we will be sharing how to reach ALL of your writers.

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SOL Tuesday!

Welcome to the first Tuesday in November!

partnerships · sharing · student engagement · Talking · work space · writers · writing space · writing workshop · writing workshop routines

Three Keys to Writing Partnership Success

There can be many moving parts in the writing workshop. Partnerships can be a driving force in the growth and goal setting of writers within your classroom. In my experience, there are three areas I work to strengthen within my writers to ensure partnerships foster this growth and development across the year.

growth mindset · writing workshop

A Writer’s Mindset–Part Two

The mindset of our writers has a direct impact on the progress and success of our writers.

goals · lesson plans · student engagement · Student ownership

Questions as Learning Target Prompts

Learning targets, Post-Its, and I Can statements live in classrooms everywhere. Consider building those together through questions and prompts!

goals · strategic conferring · strategies · writing workshop

What’s in a Strategy?

Do your writers know how strategies can help them reach their destination? Better yet, do they know where they are going?

materials · toolkits · writing workshop

Writers Need Tools!

As teachers, we have tools we use across the day and toolkits we use within our writing workshop. As I get ready for my second week of school here is a glimpse at the tools my writers will be gathering this week as we get further into the routines of our writing workshop!

Nurturing Independence From the Start Blog Series

ICYMI: Nurturing Independence From the Start

Just in case you missed a post, we've got all the links in one place! PLUS--The giveaway winners!