Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC

Day 27 of the March SOLSC! #SOL23

Today marks the final Monday of the challenge. We're in the home stretch!

Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC

Day 26 of the March SOLSC! #SOL23

Today wraps up the final weekend of this year's challenge. Let's give our "noticing" muscles a workout with a weekend Commenting Challenge!

commenting · Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC

Day 25 of the March SOLSC! #SOL23

Today marks the last Saturday of this year's challenge. Let's give our "noticing" muscles a workout with a weekend Commenting Challenge!

drafting · process · writing process

Downdraft (v.)

Down draft. More than a name for our first attempt to put ideas onto the page. It is an action we can choose as part of our writing process.

multilingual · Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC

Day 24 of the March SOLSC! #SOL23

Write. Share. Give. Be sure to mention if you're participating in Multi-Lit Friday when you leave the teaser and link to your post today.

Amping up Agency Blog Series · choice

A Writer’s Choice: Amping Up Agency Blog Series

It is by making choices that students build agency within our workshops and learn how to navigate the struggles that all writers encounter.

immersion · mentor texts

What’s the Big Idea?

Ever get lost in the details of a writing unit? Ever get overwhelmed by the "bigness" of your vision? Plan for that and shift: from details to the big idea and back again.

authentic writing · community · SEL

Ups and Downs: Writing Our Way Through

How might our first moments back from break welcome back students and staff and all that they may have experienced since we were last together? Tell us how you make space for the ups and the downs and everything in between!

voice

Write Like Me: Finding Our Voice

What can we discover about voice when we make our own writing--and our students' works--the focus of study like we do any other mentor text?

collaboration · collaborative planning · Stronger Together: Involving Other Professionals in Your Workshop Blog Series

Teacher Teams: Stronger Together Blog Series

Peer observation is just one of the many ways teacher teams can work together to enhance student experiences. Everyone--even the host--walks away a better teacher.

notebooks · personalization · writer's notebook

From the Outside In: Covering Writers’ Notebooks

How do we help students to see the power in the writer's notebook? It can start before the pen even hits the page. It can start from the outside in.

engagement · modeling · student engagement

Active Engagement in Modeled Mini-Lessons

Want to ensure students are engaged as you model a particular strategy, craft, or technique? These four steps can help you do just that!