Showing-off My "I Voted" Sticker Originally uploaded by teachergal I woke up at 4:37 a.m. Nope, don't have to be up yet, I thought. I turned over and attempted to go back to bed. By 4:40 a.m., I realized it wasn't going to happen. I rolled over, grabbed my iTouch, and started checking my e-mail… Continue reading Stacey’s SOLS: Voting
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.
Preserve a slice of the election, in writing, today.
No one else in this world will have a story quite like yours on this historic Election Day. Consider writing it up and linking your Slice of Life Story HERE, today, on this special Election Day Edition of the Slice of Life Story Challenge.
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Kids As Mentors
I'm getting ready for Family-Teacher Conferences tomorrow. As I do, I'm putting together folders for each family, which includes the following things: A reading & word work assessment profile with each student's score and the benchmarks The most recent math test Each student's most recent on-demand assessment (for personal narrative) Suggestions for helping students with… Continue reading Kids As Mentors
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M.M.: Election Memories
I remember the Election of 1992 like it was yesterday. I was in tenth grade, just back from a summer program at Wellesley College where I studied the presidential election for three solid weeks. I also had Mr. Wilcox for Honors American History I who was the first teacher that made history COME ALIVE for… Continue reading M.M.: Election Memories
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Memoir Mondays
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pre-election missives or entries
Many teachers have the kids write letters to their future selves at the start of the academic year (to be opened in June). I've never been one of those teachers, but I'm starting to think I need to be... at least where this historic election is concerned. Here's what I'm thinking (while trying to avoid… Continue reading pre-election missives or entries
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She showed it to me!
Great news! The student who I blogged about yesterday went home and did the first of the graphic organizers last night. WOO-HOO! She really did a nice job working within the structure I set up for her. (Hopefully these scaffolds can be taken away in a couple of weeks.)
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Photo Fridays: Look Back, but Always Look Ahead
A view from behind Originally uploaded by teachergal I've come to believe that once I make a decision, I should never look back. And quite frankly, I don't. I stick with something once I commit to it. Perhaps that attitude has carried over into my life in other ways. For instance, I've been photographing a… Continue reading Photo Fridays: Look Back, but Always Look Ahead
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Poetry Friday: At the Pumpkin Patch
Jenny Whitehead's Book, Holiday Stew: A Kid's Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems, is chock-full of wonderful treasures that can be shared with kids on religious and secular holidays. It's categorized by season and has adorable illustrations to-boot. Here's a portion of one of Whitehead's Halloween Poems, "At the Pumpkin Patch," which you can read… Continue reading Poetry Friday: At the Pumpkin Patch
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Helping a Student Generate Non-Narrative WN Entries
One of my students seemed to be stuck as she sat in her writing focus spot today. She was supposed to be collecting entries and growing some thinking, but her pencil was barely moving. When I pulled alongside her, I realized that she needed some more structure. Hence, I created some crude graphic organizers to… Continue reading Helping a Student Generate Non-Narrative WN Entries
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Words of Wisdom from Fletcher
I was rereading A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You for pearls of wisdom to lend to one of the reluctant writers in my classroom this evening. Here are some of those pearls that I dug out of Ralph Fletcher's book that bear repeating. (If you don't have this book, then run out and… Continue reading Words of Wisdom from Fletcher
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Day in a Sentence – Written at 6:15 a.m.
I'm sitting in darkness because my desk lamp, which has had the same fluorescent bulb for the past five years, just blew out.
