Whole-class text studies are one of the most impactful ways to strengthen our reading-like-a-writer work with students.
Author: Stacey Shubitz
I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
Winter Recess
We may be taking two weeks off from blogging, but we have plenty of resources for you to access as you prepare for your writing instruction in 2023.
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Have you ever said this?
We encourage a growth mindset in classrooms. We don't permit children to put themselves down. So why do we do this to ourselves?
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Tapping Into the Power of Some New Mentor Texts
Mentor texts are important co-teachers in the writing workshop! Here's an in-depth look at the mentor texts I talked about in a recent podcast. After you finish reading, be sure to leave a comment after on this post for a chance to win all ten of the featured books!
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Discover What Writers REALLY Need By Kidwatching
Anytime we pay careful attention and take non-judgemental notes about how students are learning what to do as writers, we gain valuable insight on how to better instruct them.
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Seven Ways to Help Students Catch Up After a School Absence
Here are several possibilities to get students up to speed after being absent from school.
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The Mid-Workshop Interruption: An Opportunity for Instruction During the Workshop
We maximize our teaching time when we look for opportunities to instruct our students at different times during a writing block. The mid-workshop interruption is a consistent way to gather your class together to raise the level of their work day after day.
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Announcing the TWT Podcast
After over 15 years of blogging, we’ve decided to create a podcast that will serve as a companion to our blog!
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Writing on Students’ Work in Progress: Resetting Our Workshop Practices
I used to write on my students’ writing. NOW I believe if I’m the person writing down what I think a child should write, then I remove lots of that child’s agency.
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#TWTBlog’s Summer Vacation
Summer is here, which means our team is taking a break from now through August 1st. (Well, except on Tuesdays. We always share stories on Tuesdays.)
Put Writing Clubs on Your Radar for 2022-23
After having spent a lot of time physically distancing ourselves from one another, we're finding ways to gather a bit more closely again. Writing clubs are a way to bring students back together, honor student choice, and strengthen a classroom writing community.
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Uvalde: Where We Are & What We Do Next
Since 2007, I've refrained from sharing my political views on this blog. After all, TWT is a blog about the teaching of writing. However, I'm not about to stay silent when students and teachers have been murdered in their school building once again.
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 