It's 2 a.m. and I'm up sick. I've been drinking flat soda, but still feel under the weather. Hence, I went over to my computer and found a poem by Gregory K. from Gotta Book about being sick on school vacation, which starts tomorrow. I truly hope I don't spend my February Break sick!!! (That… Continue reading under the weather on poetry friday
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.
Spreading the joy of poetry
One of my dearest friends is turning 31 today. I just sent her an iomoi card with a poem tucked into my online greeting. I give each of my students a poem on their birthday... why not do it for a friend? I've come to realize that poetry is something we do a lot of… Continue reading Spreading the joy of poetry
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Why all the photos? Where’s WNW?
I've been hard at work on this piece of fiction writing for my classroom demonstrations during Writing Workshop. Hence, other than the writing I've been doing online (which is quite a bit), I haven't been able to wrap my head around a charge for Writer's Notebook Wednesday (aka: WNW). WNW WILL be back soon, but… Continue reading Why all the photos? Where’s WNW?
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Wordless Wednesday: Great Literacy Coaches Save Lives — A small tribute to Pat, who was my Literacy Coach during my first year of teaching
Photos taken by Zlatko Batistich.
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Wordless Wednesday: Two of my AMAZING former student teachers & colleagues at my wedding
Photo taken by Zlatko Batistich.
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Time to Write the Entire Draft
My colleague Kate and I were remarking that this unit of study on fiction is taking our students longer (i.e., longer for their drafts to come together). Hence, I decided that it's time for ME to get a full, working draft of my story together so that I can really use it as a touchstone… Continue reading Time to Write the Entire Draft
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LCD
I used an LCD Projector in my classroom for the very first time today. (One of my kids took a photo of the computer, the "screen," and the LCD I borrowed.) I wanted to make a connection between my students' math book problems about acreage of various national parks and what the national parks looked… Continue reading LCD
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WN Entry: I only needed to buy…
What did I buy???!!!??? Originally uploaded by teachergal This was the list I had before I went to Whole Foods this afternoon: iced tea, cotton squares, dinner for tonight, veggies, lunch for tomorrow, and orange juice. However, tonight wasn't just an ordinary night at Whole Foods... it was "Try it Tuesday." And therefore I tried… Continue reading WN Entry: I only needed to buy…
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100th Day of School
Today was the hundredth day of school. As usual, I overplanned: The good news is that we got to all but two of these things. The bad news is that we never did the 10 x 10 descriptive words and the shopping spree at Scholastic with my kids' checkbooks (i.e., checkbook math checkbooks). However, we… Continue reading 100th Day of School
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Writing Fiction
I haven't been blogging much lately since I've been drafting my short fiction story that I'm writing alongside my students for the unit of study we're in right now. This is the first page of my first draft.
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Guidelines for a Publishing Party
This was the first time in four years that I ever put together a readers' and listeners' responsibilities list for a Publishing Party. However, I think it helped my students get focused on what their job was at this Publishing Party, for which all of the writing was done OUTSIDE of Writing Workshop during our… Continue reading Guidelines for a Publishing Party
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Poetry Friday: Each of Us Has a Name
We got married by two rabbis. One of them is a friend from college, the other our rabbi from NYC. In this case our rabbi from NYC, Felicia Sol, delivered a beautiful sermon while we were under the chuppah (pictured with us here). She shared a beautiful poem in her sermon entitled, "Each of Us… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Each of Us Has a Name
