I just finished a training session for the Kappa Delta Pi Webinar I'm leading on Thursday, February 5th at 8:30 p.m. EDT. It's called "Where’s the Money? The Classroom Teacher's Guide to Obtaining Funding for Materials, Field Trips, and Special Programming" and is open to members and non-members of Kappa Delta Pi. If you're interested… Continue reading Need supplies or special programming for your students?
Author: Stacey Shubitz
Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.
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What Are You Planning to Do On Inauguration Day?
President-Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration is two days away. What are you planning to do to commemorate this moment with your class? I've decided to stream the Inaugural Address in my classroom with my computer and LCD Projector during lunchtime. (Prior to that my kids are going to open up the letters they wrote to their… Continue reading What Are You Planning to Do On Inauguration Day?
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Draft of a New Craft Table About Ahlberg’s The Pencil: A Work-in-Progress
I've been working on a new craft table about Ahlberg's Book The Pencil for the past couple of days. I hope to use this craft table in writing conferences with my students when we get to our fiction picture book unit in March. So far, this is what I've come up with: The final version,… Continue reading Draft of a New Craft Table About Ahlberg’s The Pencil: A Work-in-Progress
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Coming Soon… A New Craft Table
I've been pouring over Allan Ahlberg's The Pencil, which came out last year, but came on to my radar a few weeks ago. I've been trying to figure out how to use it as a mentor text with my students, which is why I haven't written about it yet. However, after a lot of deliberation,… Continue reading Coming Soon… A New Craft Table
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Are you ready for Tuesday?
An historic Inauguration Day is rapidly approaching. Are you reading a book about the transfer of power or about our President-Elect? Will you be watching the Inauguration live with your class and having them write about it in their notebooks? Not sure? Check out an article I wrote about ways to celebrate Black History Month,… Continue reading Are you ready for Tuesday?
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Portable Writer’s Notebooks
I've written a couple of mini-grant proposal on DonorsChoose.org in the past couple of years for real writer's notebooks (i.e., Bluelines and Moleskines) for my students to use so that they wouldn't have to carry around clunky writer's notebooks since adult writers don't (so why should kids if we're asking them to take their notebook… Continue reading Portable Writer’s Notebooks
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Curriculum of Time
I just finished reading the January 2009 Issue of School Talk, which is focused on nurturing young writers. Katie Wood Ray's Article "Understanding the Curriculum of Time in the Teaching of Writing" may have focused on early elementary school classrooms, but it certainly resonated with me as an upper elementary school teacher. These are the… Continue reading Curriculum of Time
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Personal Spelling Words
Sarah wrote: I’m a little behind in your posts, but I was wondering if you would be willing to share the type of spelling program you use with your students? We have a district mandated spelling book that I abhor, so I ventured out on my own this year with Words Their Way. While I… Continue reading Personal Spelling Words
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Enthusiasm
I had, what felt like every kid in my class, so many students who wanted to share after yesterday's Writing Workshop, which was comprised of four strategy lessons. I was pretty surprised that so many students wanted to share. My kids know that I pre-select the sharers, but regardless, still came up to me in… Continue reading Enthusiasm
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