How can we do the most good and the least harm when communicating with caregivers, hosting virtual meetings, and planning remote writing instruction?
Author: Kelsey Sorum
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Day 29 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20
Only three more days to write for the SOLSC. We hope you will join us!
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.
Day 27 of the March SOLSC! #SOL20
It's the 27th day of the SOLSC, please join us!
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.
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
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!