Sticky Notes, Arrows, and Margins, Oh My!
Sharing strategies to prepare for revision later can set up students for success.
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What Are They Looking At? Tackling Slow Starters
Helping students take back their writing time when they are a slow starter.
Make Your Teaching Vivid: Show, Don’t Tell
You are probably familiar with the writing move SHOW, DON’T TELL. However, do you recognize its potential as a teaching move? Enjoy the start of two journeys with two students who are seeing their potential unfold.
Fault Lines in the Constitution: A Review, Five Tips, + Giveaway!
This new book by Cynthia and Sanford Levinson is a treasure trove of information as well as a handy example of many elements of inspiring nonfiction writing.
Three Tips to Avoid Overcommitting to First Words: Revision
Helping light the way to revision for our writers while honoring those first words.
Sorting Out Your Edge Pieces
Are you motivated and ready to dive into writing workshop this year after the Writing Workshop Fundamentals blog series? Here are some things to consider as you begin to piece together the big picture.
Small Groups: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
Our blog series on writing workshop fundamentals continues through the weekend. Take a look at how you can benefit from incorporating small groups into your daily writing workshop routine.
Responding to Reflection: Editing
Professional writers often reach for professional editors in the writing world. Why not create the opportunity for students to be the professionals?
Five Questions for Reflection
Thinking back over the year, what do you hope to continue or change before students return in the fall?
SOL Tuesday
Come let your words out!
Write, Share, Give
Notice stories as they flicker around you. Share them here. It’s SOL Tuesday!
OLW Check-In
How is your OLW of 2017 going?
It’s SOL Tuesday
Read some slices, get inspired, write your own! It’s SOL Tuesday.
It’s Tuesday! Write, Share, Give
Come share a story.
ICYMI: Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer Recap
I learned a lot and saved many ideas from my co-author team at TWT through the latest blog series, KEEP LEARNING GOING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. Just in case you missed a post you can find a recap today. Also, we have a bonus parent letter for you to use with your families and of course a GIVEAWAY announcement!
The Why, The Slide, and Goal Setting: Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer
Teachers typically spend the first three-six weeks reviewing previous skills while building routines within their classrooms. What can we do to encourage students to hold on to their learning and practice through the summer? We hope to tackle this question through the week in our blog series.
Keep Learning Going Throughout the Summer: A Blog Series
Have you tried to encourage your students to keep their writing life momentum going through the summer? This week on TWT we plan to share tips on motivating your students to continue the writing habit and stifle the summer slide.
See Something Where There is Nothing: A Poetry Lesson
Need a fresh idea for poetry? Try this lesson!
2017 SOLSC Prize Winners
Are you ready? It’s the 2017 March SOLSC prize winners!
The Rising Writers Club
My school offered a before school writing club and it was a hit! Here is a quick glimpse and a little tip on teaching poetry as April approaches.