caregivers · COVID-19

Do the Most Good and the Least Harm During Remote Instruction

How can we do the most good and the least harm when communicating with caregivers, hosting virtual meetings, and planning remote writing instruction?

COVID-19

How To Share News of School Closures and COVID-19 with Children: A Trauma-Informed Practice

Use a trauma-informed practice to share COVID-19 related news, such as school closings, with children and caregivers.

COVID-19 · independent writing projects

A Mini-Series for Families: Writing is for Everyone, Everywhere, All the Time

Rasha Hamid and Kelsey Sorum present three videos to guide families with writing anywhere, anytime, with anything they have.

COVID-19

Doing vs. Being: A Mindshift for Quarantine and Beyond

Swamped in a never-ending to-do list during remote teaching and learning? A shift in the mind can make a big difference.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 31 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20

Lots to check out in this post! A video message from #TWTBlog, inspiration from a fellow slicer, and info on prizes.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 30 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20

Whether it's your 3rd day of writing this month, or 30th, celebrate your slicing milestone and keep writing!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 29 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20

Only three more days to write for the SOLSC. We hope you will join us!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 28 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20

It's the final stretch! We hope you'll join us on the 28th day of the SOLSC.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 27 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20

It's the 27th day of the SOLSC, please join us!

conventions · early childhood · punctuation

Hands-on Tools for Purposeful Practice with Punctuation

Whether your writers are forgetting to use, incorrectly using, or using punctuation without much variety, these tips and tools can bring engagement and intention to conventions.

Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach · opinion writing · persuasive writing

Opinion Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach

When planning any genre study, we can ponder:  How can the experience children have with this genre become more like the experience they can have with it in the world? In doing so, we can draw from our own experience with writing. We can study the craft of other writers. We can peruse bookshelves. We… Continue reading Opinion Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join the Welcome Wagon! Second Call for Volunteers

We are still looking for Welcome Wagon volunteers to provide new slicers with a daily audience. Please consider joining us!