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Jennifer Serravallo’s newest book, which focuses on small-group instruction, is a text that explains the fundamentals of small-group work and then provides teachers with support for implementing a variety of small groups that will help students grow as writers.
For the next week, picture book and middle-grade authors will take over #TWTBlog to share their thoughts on writing, their writing processes, and the path to publishing with you.
Check out their daily posts for book + author chat giveaways!
As the 2020-21 school year progressed, some teachers reported improved one-to-one conferences when they were conducted through a screen. As students and teachers became more comfortable sharing their screens and recording videos, virtual conferences felt more natural. There are some aspects of virtual writing conferences that can be carried forward once everyone is back to school in-person 100% of the time and/or the masks get to come off indefinitely.
If your writing workshop has felt squeezed for time, then NOW is the time to chat with your grade-level colleagues or administrator about allocating more instructional time for the teaching of writing.
Have you wanted to be a more responsive writing teacher, but weren’t sure how to go about doing it? Melanie Meehan and Kelsey Sorum’s new book provides a framework to help you hone a more child-centered apporach to the teaching of writing.
While cultivating a daily writing habit and being part of a writing community are the real reward of the SOLSC, there are prizes. Find out if you won one by scrolling through this announcement.
Whether you’re about to embark on the 9th Annual Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge or you’re about to begin a unit on poetry where you want to encourage students to capture the beauty of their ordinary lives in verse, consider using Extraordinary! as a mentor text.
Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win a copy of Extraordinary!
The first week is winding down!
Give yourself a pat on the back for writing for seven consecutive days before you share the link to your slice of life story today.
Be sure to check out today’s “Be Inspired,” which is a little different.
It’s day five of our month-long writing challenge. Time for you to write, share, and give!
Today is the final day for returning Slicers to fill out the Community Expander Prize Form if they’ve intentionally expanded this community be getting others to join this year’s Slice of Life Story Challenge. More details in the announcements section of today’s post.
It’s the third day of our 31-day writing challenge. Join us by writing your slice of life story, sharing the link to it in the comments section, and giving comments to at least three other Slicers.
Also, if you’re a returning Slicer who has intentionally expanded this community be getting others to join in the Challenge, you are eligible for the Community Expander Prize. More details in the announcements section of this post.
Write. Share. Give.
And, while you’re add it, pick up some Slicer Swag! All proceeds from our Cafepress store are donated to the Pajama Program.
March has arrived, which means it’s time for our month-long writing challenge!
Please take a few minutes to flip through the embedded PPT for some essential information about the Challenge before sharing the link to your slice of life story.
Do you have questions about the upcoming Slice of Life Story Challenge? Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions. If your question isn’t answered in the post, then contact one of the co-authors (Contact information is at the bottom of this blog post) to have your question answered.
Please take a moment to read some last-minute announcements about the 14th Annual SOLSC prior to leaving the link to your slice of life story.
Anyone who has ever taught research-based writing to upper elementary school students knows, this is hard, but important, work since children need to know — from an early age — that they need to take notes in their own words. Oral rehearsal can help!
Please take a moment to read today’s announcements prior to leaving the link to your slice of life story.
Please take a moment to read today’s announcements prior to leaving the link to your slice of life story.
We’re less than one month away from the beginning of our month-long writing challenge. Therefore, please read today’s announcements before sharing the link to your slice of life story.
