Where I'm From with notes Originally uploaded by teachergal When my former students and I published DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women in 2007, we decided to write "Where I'm From Poems" by George Ella Lyon in lieu of short paragraphs about each one of us. At the start of the 2007-08… Continue reading P.F.: Getting to Know the Teacher
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.
Using Asterisks
During the demonstration of today's minilesson I added asterisks to my WN Entry to show a flashback in time. I said something like, "I'm going to put some stars here, called asterisks, to show that I'm going back in time. This is something that writers like Patricia MacLachlan, whose book, Journey, you read in third… Continue reading Using Asterisks
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Do you write in the morning, around noon, or at night?
Don Murray said: Write in the morning: Most writers write in the early morning before the world intrudes. They harvest the product of their subconscious. I realized, yesterday, that the homework assignments I'm assigning to my students are not heeding one of Murray's ten tips for why and how one should write (when you have… Continue reading Do you write in the morning, around noon, or at night?
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The Power of a Good List
Naomi Leon keeps lists. Lots of them. However, she's not real. Our students are real and quite frankly need to be taught the power in keeping lists. Over at my classroom blog, I'm suggesting that my students keep a variety of ongoing lists in their Idea Notebooks. Hence, if and when they get stuck for… Continue reading The Power of a Good List
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Stacey’s SOLSC & A Great Writing Conference Collide
SOLSC for 091608 - Knowing the Right Thing to Say Originally uploaded by teachergal I had one of the most amazing early-in-the-school-year writing conferences today. The student literally pondered what she was working on as a writer. She didn't tell me about her writing like most kids do during the first few weeks of school… Continue reading Stacey’s SOLSC & A Great Writing Conference Collide
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Preview Our NCTE Presentation
Ruth and I are getting ready for our presentation in San Antonio, which is just a couple of months away. We joined the NCTE 2008 Conference NING, where we're posting an abridged version of our presentation, which we'll give on November 22nd. Recently, Ruth suggested that we post the abridged presentation here at TWT. (The… Continue reading Preview Our NCTE Presentation
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It’s time for the Slice of Life Story Challenge
Link your slice here by clicking on the image linky. 🙂
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Article About Characters Who Write
I just received the September 2008 Issue of The Reading Teacher. It's already accumulating sticky notes, tabs, and dog-ears since it's packed with a wealth of information. There's an article I highly suggest you read entitled "'To Be a Writer' Representations of Writers in Recent Children's Novels." Here's the abstract, which I took from the… Continue reading Article About Characters Who Write
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MEMOIR MONDAYS!!!
It's time for our weekly Memoir Mondays Meme. Please link your memoir-ish post to this one by using Mr. Linky.
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Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post
Looking at Your Place - Grandpa's 80th Birthday0001 Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm teaching George Ella Lyon's "Looking at Your Place" Lesson later today. Therefore, I thought it would be nice for me to get in the mindset that the kids need to be in when they do this. I decided to try going through… Continue reading Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post
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Teaching Kids How to Create Plan Boxes
Chart: Plan Boxes Originally uploaded by teachergal Thursday's the day I'm going to teach my kids how to create a plan box. I created this chart as a scaffold for visual learners who might not fully t internalize my "Here's how to create a plan box spiel." I'm also zooming-in on two sample plan boxes,… Continue reading Teaching Kids How to Create Plan Boxes
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Sharing Lists of Emotions
I did the strong emotions lesson (using Skittles) on Friday. My demonstration was way longer than it was supposed to be (on paper), but I felt that I needed to be exceedingly explicit so that the kids would get it. They did, but I still think the length was a bit too much. The inside… Continue reading Sharing Lists of Emotions
