One of my kiddos posted a poem (which was shown to me when it was in draft form a couple of weeks ago) this morning. I'm exceedingly flattered that I'm seeing poems dedicated to me on one of my students' blogs. 🙂
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 new book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.
Quotes & Poetry
Today's Writing Workshop lesson went soooo well. I had never had kids write about quotations before, but it was such a success! I look forward to folding this lesson into the first unit of study in September. (One student I conferred with wasn't writing much... she was just doing literal explanations, rather than interpretations. Therefore,… Continue reading Quotes & Poetry
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Today’s Lesson Was Inspired By One of My Former Students
Fall 2006. One of my talented former students, who was part of the Extended Day Program, decided to undertake an independent writing project similar to Lisa Meyer's Book Quotes for Kids: Today's Interpretations of Timeless Quotes Designed to Nurture the Young Spirit. My student's interpretations of a variety of quotations (and overheard things she heard… Continue reading Today’s Lesson Was Inspired By One of My Former Students
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Wordless Wednesday: A photo I didn’t realize my student took when my camera was in her hands…
Caught Reading - Photo by A.R. (one of my students) Originally uploaded by teachergal Click on the photo to read the back story.
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Slices of Life
Please add the following image to your post and/or link back to this post so folks can find other participants. Consider inviting-in someone new to the SOLSC Community. Know a blogger who already writes slices of life stories, but just doesn't link them? Go ahead and invite them to participate in this weekly challenge. :)… Continue reading Slices of Life
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Reading and Writing Their Way Through Summer
Last week I blogged about summer writing loss. This is because I'm starting to get anxious about the school year ending since I feel like there isn't enough time for me to do everything I want to do with my kiddos before I send them off to fifth grade. Jen Barney contacted me with some… Continue reading Reading and Writing Their Way Through Summer
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Writing About Reading: It’s Time to Kick It Up A Notch (or two)
Jacquie McTaggart published an article in Reading Today's April/May 2008 Issue entitled "Appeal to Students' Pride with Online Book Reviews." This was a timely article for me since I just put together the May newsletter for my students' parents stating that I'd like to see my students doing more reading responses (i.e., each and every… Continue reading Writing About Reading: It’s Time to Kick It Up A Notch (or two)
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Stacey’s Slices of Life from Passover
So much good stuff, but there were a few funny mishaps from our Seder that I'm going to share this Tuesday as part of the: So, here goes... (1) NAPKINS I know we bought cloth napkins. I'm so sure of it. However, I have no idea where we stored them. That wasn't the only problem.… Continue reading Stacey’s Slices of Life from Passover
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 8 of 8
I LOVE Jane Yolen's book Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People. In fact, I read it to my class last year on the first day of our poetry unit of study. They were so inspired that they wanted to write color poems right then and there. I never thought I'd start off… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 8 of 8
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Stacey’s Eighth of Eight Poems
This is my color poem, which is written in a list poem format.
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Closing the Summer Writing Gap????
Linda B. Gambrell, President of the International Reading Association, has a great column in the April/May 2008 Issue entitled "Closing the summer reading gap: You can make a difference!" It's a great column on ways teachers can help their present classes stave-off summer reading loss. (Something I fear every September when a new class comes… Continue reading Closing the Summer Writing Gap????
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A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 7 of 8
How often do you truly experience something with all five of your senses? Dew’s Poem Starters got me thinking about using all five of my senses to capture an emotion. Dew’s provides a simple template that can help you get started if you need poetic inspiration today. Be sure to come back later today to… Continue reading A One Week Poetry Challenge: Day 7 of 8
