I filled in the last three boxes of my story mountain during today's W.W. I just added my character's feelings/thinking in blue to the mountain when I got home. Then I started thinking that I shouldn't have done that since (pink), I now think I want to have my main character's, Ava, best friend, Nita,… Continue reading Messy Mountain
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.
RIWP Spring Conference
I just received an e-mail today to find out that my proposal to do a session at the Rhode Island Writing Project's Spring Conference was accepted. 🙂 The session's title I proposed when I submitted my proposal was, "Inspiring Children to Write By Living Like a Writer: Teaching Writing Workshop with Our Notebooks Wide-Open." The… Continue reading RIWP Spring Conference
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Working My Way Backwards
I started a story mountain for my W.W. minilesson demo today. I started with the climax of the story: Then, I started working my way backwards: I'm hoping this will illustrate for my students that you don't start at the beginning of and work your way forward. Sometimes, you have to go backwards and forwards… Continue reading Working My Way Backwards
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Wordless Wednesday
Wrapped in Marc's Tallit for the Sheva Brachot Originally uploaded by teachergal Photo Taken by Zlatko Batistich on Our Wedding Day.
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A new title
When I read Jamaica's Find for the purpose of introducing it as a touchstone text to my students last week, I felt as though many of them thought the book was a little young for them. However, one of my students really embraced it. In fact, he went home and discovered that he had another… Continue reading A new title
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Walking the Walk
As I was conferring with my students today, I realized that many of their fictional characters were just them, but with different names. (They were choosing seed ideas today and developing their characters.) One boy in particular was stuck on recreating himself, so I sent him out of the room to do a character walk.… Continue reading Walking the Walk
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WN Entry: In less than six months…
This week has been filled with wonderful blog-related things. First, we became b-listers. Next, one of my favorite authors, Jacqueline Woodson, happened upon our blog and posted a comment. And then this morning I woke up to find that in less than six months of being an open blog on the 'net, Two Writing Teachers… Continue reading WN Entry: In less than six months…
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Poetry Friday: I Am a Tree
This poem comes from the book Earth Lines: Poems for the Green Age by Pat Moon. I Am a Tree I am a tree. Like you I ... One difference between us two Is that You need me More than I need you. Click here to read the whole poem. (The ... represents the part… Continue reading Poetry Friday: I Am a Tree
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New WN
I purchased an extra Moleskine Notebook in August when I was buying for my students since they come in packs of three. I wasn't sure I'd ever use the 21st one for myself, but kept my mind open to it (Remember the "master writer's notebook" idea!?!?!). However, after that whole thing didn't work out, I… Continue reading New WN
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This time, it’s great to be on the B-List!
Ruth and I are flattered that over 100 people have linked to Two Writing Teachers, since we started blogging here a little over six months ago. We just found out yesterday that we're considered B-List Bloggers, which means we have "high authority" in the blog world. Since being A-Listed means that there are over 500… Continue reading This time, it’s great to be on the B-List!
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Teaching Fiction in a Pin-Drop, Silent Room
WN Entry - Fiction pg. 1 Originally uploaded by teachergal Today's Writing Workshop Teaching Point came right out of Calkins and Cruz's Short Fiction Book - Session 1. While I used the skeleton of their lesson, my demonstration was all my own. During the active engagement, I reread an old entry from August 2006 to… Continue reading Teaching Fiction in a Pin-Drop, Silent Room
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WNW: Pride
A charge for today's Writer's Notebook Wednesday: Think about how proud you are of someone or something you're proud of and write about it. My entry can be found by clicking here. Ruth's entry can be located by clicking here. Please leave a comment or use Mr. Linky to link your WN Entry to this… Continue reading WNW: Pride
