Graphic Novels: The Perfect Way to End the Year

Wednesday May 24, 2023Wednesday May 24, 2023 Jessica Carey4 Comments

Graphic Novels: The Perfect Way to End the Year. Learn how you can leverage all the work you've done in writing workshop all year long to ignite joy and engagement.

community

One Writer at a Time: Fostering An Adult Writing Community

Thursday April 6, 2023Sunday April 16, 2023 Jessica Carey8 Comments

How one school invited their staff to come together as a community of writers and the impact that invitation had.

partnerships

Partners in the Process

Monday January 30, 2023Friday January 27, 2023 Jessica Carey2 Comments

We’re hunched over a table, sitting in chairs made for kindergarteners. The sun hasn’t fully risen yet, and the hallways are still quiet. There’s a typed piece, a draft, laid out between us. On that draft is black chicken scratch, the initial thoughts, and suggestions made by my writing partner, Dawn. One line at a… Continue reading Partners in the Process

small group

Playing With Small Group Structures: Rally, Try, Try, Link

Thursday January 5, 2023Thursday January 5, 2023 Jessica Carey3 Comments

Playing with small group structures to maximize cooperation, choice, and most importantly, kids doing big work that will help them grow as writers right away.

coaching · curriculum planning · small group · teaching tools · writing workshop

My Top Three Coaching Tools: Planning for Small Groups

Friday October 28, 2022Friday October 28, 2022 Jessica Carey3 Comments

Today on the blog, Jessica Carey shares three go-to coaching tools that all support planning for small groups.

community · writing workshop

Fostering Community Through Writing Workshop

Thursday October 6, 2022Monday October 3, 2022 Jessica Carey7 Comments

How does your writing workshop foster a sense of community in your classroom?

checklists · community · Reflective Practice

Seeing Problems as Opportunities

Thursday September 22, 2022Wednesday September 21, 2022 Jessica Carey6 Comments

Problems during writing workshop can become opportunities to reflect on our instruction and work as a community to find solutions.

curriculum planning

Teaching Writing: A Creative Process

Thursday August 18, 2022Sunday August 14, 2022 Jessica Carey5 Comments

Teaching writing is a creative process. Unit mapping is one way we can think about what additions we can make to our curriculum to best meet the needs of our students.

charts · checklists · classroom environment · environment · observations

Looking Forward

Thursday April 28, 2022Tuesday May 17, 2022 Jessica Carey2 Comments

The end of the school year is the perfect time to venture out of our classrooms and learn about what is happening in classrooms across our school buildings. These opportunities remind us that the work we do with writers is collective.