Caroline Gonzalez began her teaching career in New York City. During her 15 years in New York, she taught K, 1, 2, Transitional Bilingual, and Reading Recovery. She has completed her fifth year of teaching in South Brunswick, NJ and is currently working as an Instructional Support Teacher. During her time in South Brunswick, she… Continue reading Boy Writers: A Guest Blog Post by Caroline Gonzalez
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Guest Post: Threaded Adventures
Kevin Hodgson. Kevin teaches sixth grade in Southampton, Massachusetts at the William E. Norris Elementary School, where his students use technology for publishing and creation throughout the year. He is also the technology liaison with the Western Massachusetts Writing Project and a co-editor of the book collection Teaching the New Writing: Technology, Change and Assessment… Continue reading Guest Post: Threaded Adventures
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Guest Blog Post: A Blogging Adventure
Amanda Villagómez is a 6th-8th grade language arts teacher at a dual immersion school in Ontario, Oregon. She blogs about her teaching and learning at Snapshots of Mrs. V. Her current areas of interest include workshops, technology, and biliteracy. I am gearing up to blog with my 8th graders this fall, a venture I am… Continue reading Guest Blog Post: A Blogging Adventure
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Listen Like a Writer: A Guest Blog Post by Annie Campbell
Annie Campbell is a third grade teacher in Richmond, Virginia. She keeps a blog, Write Now in Room 204, which is a place for her to share her class's daily experiences along with her reflections about teaching. “Tell us a story,” my sister and I would say to my father at bedtime. “And make it… Continue reading Listen Like a Writer: A Guest Blog Post by Annie Campbell
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The Fun of Hard Work: A Guest Blog Post by Jen Munnerlyn
Jen Munnerlyn is a teacher, literacy coach, and international educator. Her family has been working in international education for 30 years beginning with her parents first overseas teaching assignment in American Samoa in 1980. She is married to a man she met in 8th grade at International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has her… Continue reading The Fun of Hard Work: A Guest Blog Post by Jen Munnerlyn
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Guest Blogger: Alan Wright: First We Need to Rehearse
Alan currently works as an education consultant, and is based in Victoria, Australia. He works across public and independent schools in both primary and secondary school settings. From 2001 until 2006 his consultancy work was based in New York. Alan is a co-director of ALVIC Educational Consultancy with his wife, and fellow consultant, Vicki Froomes.… Continue reading Guest Blogger: Alan Wright: First We Need to Rehearse
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Poetry & Structure: Falling in Love… and Holding it Together — A Guest Blog Post by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is a writing teacher and children's poet in Holland, NY. You can read her daily children's poem and find writing ideas, book recommendations, and tips for students at her blog, The Poem Farm. Children’s poems such as these have embroidered my life with a layer of beauty and meaning. They have also… Continue reading Poetry & Structure: Falling in Love… and Holding it Together — A Guest Blog Post by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
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Good Teacher: A Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Eastmond
Elizabeth Eastmond teaches English at a local community college near her home in Southern California. You can find her writings at peninkpaper.blogspot.com or occasionalpiece.blogspot.com. I remember that day pretty clearly. The brilliant and dazzling lesson plan fell on its face. The students were more bored than I was. The silence that met a non-starter discussion… Continue reading Good Teacher: A Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Eastmond
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Make a Simple Summer Journal by Mary Alice Gruppi
Mary Alice Gruppi is a middle school language arts teacher who morphed into an elementary administrator. Currently she is the principal of a K-5 school. She blogs at There's a Pal in Principal. In addition to today's post, Mary Alice created a slide show with more samples of these journals. Make sure to click the… Continue reading Make a Simple Summer Journal by Mary Alice Gruppi
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The Doors of Poetry: Guest Blog Post by Sarah Mulhern
Our first Guest Blog Post of the summer is written by Sarah Mulhern, who is a sixth grade teacher in New Jersey. Sarah blogs at The Reading Zone. When Stacey first asked me to write a guest blog for Two Writing Teachers I immediately accepted. Then I realized I would have to think of something… Continue reading The Doors of Poetry: Guest Blog Post by Sarah Mulhern
