Do the Most Good and the Least Harm During Remote Instruction

Wednesday May 20, 2020Wednesday May 20, 2020 Kelsey Sorum7 Comments

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

Wednesday May 6, 2020Wednesday May 6, 2020 Kelsey Sorum2 Comments

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

Wednesday April 22, 2020Wednesday April 22, 2020 Kelsey Sorum1 Comment

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

Wednesday April 1, 2020Friday April 3, 2020 Kelsey Sorum12 Comments

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

Tuesday March 31, 2020Tuesday March 31, 2020 Kelsey Sorum211 Comments

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

Monday March 30, 2020Tuesday March 31, 2020 Kelsey Sorum203 Comments

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

Sunday March 29, 2020Tuesday March 31, 2020 Kelsey Sorum202 Comments

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

Saturday March 28, 2020Tuesday March 31, 2020 Kelsey Sorum199 Comments

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

Friday March 27, 2020Tuesday March 31, 2020 Kelsey Sorum202 Comments

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

conventions · early childhood · punctuation

Hands-on Tools for Purposeful Practice with Punctuation

Wednesday February 19, 2020Wednesday February 19, 2020 Kelsey Sorum8 Comments

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

Friday February 7, 2020Friday February 7, 2020 Kelsey Sorum11 Comments

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