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Thank you for joining us for our blog series Authentic Purposes for Writing. Melanie said it well with the introductory words in her post, “We all agree that our students … Continue Reading ICYMI: Authentic Purposes for Writing
Sometimes we write to clarify our thinking or record a moment so it won’t be lost in our memories. Other times we write to entertain, inform, or instruct. Recently, many … Continue Reading Writing for Audience: Authentic Purposes for Writing
5 My father used to say, “February is the longest month.” But really, we know it isn’t. Thankfully we can look forward to the Tenth Annual March Slice of … Continue Reading Join the 10th Annual March SOLSC Welcome Wagon Team!
Yesterday, first graders celebrated Halfway day at my school. It it hard to believe we are halfway through the school year. And yet, when I am in writing workshop classrooms, … Continue Reading A Perfect Time For Pattern Books
How can we help writers develop solid ideas before delving too far into the work of persuasive writing?
Happy New Year to you, our Two Writing Teachers community. Beginning today, we co-authors will share our One Little Words for 2017. Somehow I ended up at the front of … Continue Reading Lisa’s OLW for 2017
Dana’s post on the power of demonstration writing is one of my favorites. Writers love to see their teachers write, and teachers have a terrific platform for instructing using this technique.
Maybe you teach in a school where all is calm during the weeks between the end of Thanksgiving weekend and the beginning of Winter break. I do not. (If you … Continue Reading ‘Tis the Season… Where Did the Writing Go?
On Tuesday evening I attended a lecture by Lydia Davis, an award winning writer whose published work includes short stories, essays, novels, and translations of a number of classics including … Continue Reading Nurturing Our Notebook Work
Maribeth Boelts’ new book A Bike Like Sergio’s will appeal to readers and writers of all ages. It’s a heartfelt story with a message to which readers will relate; the … Continue Reading A Bike Like Sergio’s: Review and Giveaway!
We teachers keep all kinds of records and notes- attendance records, records of the books our students read, records about math concepts mastered, and spelling words missed. Yet, many of … Continue Reading Record Keeping- Why and How: Assessment Strengthens Writers
I’ve made my share of confessions here on this blog. I wrote about my struggle to keep a notebook here and here. There’s more. Now that school is in full … Continue Reading My Ah-ha Writing Class
Last week, I wrote about the step back our kindergarten teachers took as they launched writing workshop this year. And I admitted to you that the children were not writing, … Continue Reading And Just Like That, They Wrote
Sometimes the most effective way to help writers leap ahead, is to slow things down and take a step back.
Many of us are fast approaching the sixth week of school. Many of us consider that the first of countless milestones in our school year. Six weeks in, routines are … Continue Reading The Six Week Check-in
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers. Today’s … Continue Reading It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers. Inspiring … Continue Reading Welcome to SOL Tuesday
For writers to grow, they must develop writer identities. How do we help them do that?
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers. And … Continue Reading It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!
We spend a week or so sharing stories, and building excitement for writing stories. We hand out notebooks with fanfare, and writers happily personalize them. They brainstorm ideas for stories … Continue Reading Making the Most of Pre-Assessments
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